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Metro voters stayed home in 2021. Will this time be different?

In all metros, most registered voters didn’t go to the polls

About 12-million people voted for their municipal leaders on 1 November 2021, roughly 46% of registered voters. That was the lowest turnout in a local election since democracy.
In most metro municipalities, an even smaller proportion of registered voters turned out in 2021.
Cape Town had the highest metro turnout, at about 47%, slightly above the national average. Nelson Mandela Bay matched the national figure of about 46%. eThekwini was lowest at about 42%, followed by Johannesburg (about 43%), Ekurhuleni and Mangaung (both about 44%), Tshwane (45%) and Buffalo City (46%).
All metro municipalities saw a significant drop in turnout from the previous two local government elections. In Cape Town, for example, voter turnout was about 64% in 2011 and…

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