Elections 2016 - Voting for change
Channel: RUTV Journalism Rhodes University
Date: 2016-08-14

Xolisa Kota is a Grahamstown resident and is currently unemployed.  Xolisa speaks about being proactive when it comes to voting. He speaks about how people sit and complain about their circumstances, but they do not make the effort to go and vote. He further conveys his personal reasons for voting and encourages others to vote. 
Xolisa remains optimistic and hopeful that his vote will bring change in and around his community. Some of the issues he faces is the lack of job opportunities and implies that being unemployed makes him feel helpless. He also mentions that the unemployment in and around the Grahamstown community has led to many of his peers living lives of crime and poverty. He sees the amount of litter and unofficial rubbish dumps in his area as a predicament and a health threat. He says that the municipality are reactive to the elections, because they save face by cleaning the area around the voting and election times, instead of all year round. He has a problem with this, not to mention the water shortages in Grahamstown.  He wants these things to change and hopes that by voting, his voice will be heard. 

Report by Abner Accomb, Nndivhaleni Netshiavhela , Tumi Baepane & Mihlali Ntsabo
School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University