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Nofundile Nontshizela

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Moments after casting their votes, Nqadu villagers Nofundile Notshizela, 60, and Nokhwezi Nqwiliso, 56, collect water from a stream. With taps across the area running dry, villagers have been forced to rely on unsafe water. Both women have been voting since 1994. Although they wish for change, they said they've lost hope.
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After voting, it's back to collecting water in Nqadu area

Shortly after casting their ballots at dawn in the Eastern Cape, elderly Nqadu villagers returned to collecting drinking water from a stream shared with animals, highlighting decades of persistent service delivery failures.

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Gaxa Lolo, 91, of Gwatyu village in Mthatha has voted in each election since 1994, hoping for clean running water and youth employment.
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Hope, frustration and a demand for change at the polls

More than 1.4 million Eastern Cape voters turned out for the local government elections despite severe infrastructure challenges, disrupted voting stations, and ongoing service delivery frustrations across rural communities.

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