The country’s highly contested election is now over, and most communities are getting back to their usual activities. Many people, including the youth, showed up in large numbers to exercise their right to vote in the country’s seventh democratic election. However, this was the first voting experience for Lebo and Lebogang Munyai, both 33 years old.
The Munyai twins from Stinkwater in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, obtained their identity documents last year after struggling to be identified as South Africans for three decades. Lebogang expressed what it felt like to cast their ballots for the first time.
“We were so happy that we were able to go and vote for the first time, just like the other people. At least now, we do appear on the system as South Africans. If only we can find jobs, we just want to work because that is the only way we are going to see progress. The grant money is not enough and we are living with children, so working will only be the solution. Maybe we can also fix our home and be like other people.”
