Vavi not surprised by low voter turnout in this year’s local government elections

The 2021 Local Government Elections results sent a clear message to the country’s ruling elite that South Africa’s future is now in the hands of the marginalized. This is the view of Cry of the Xcluded, which is made up of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, and the Assembly of the Unemployed. SAFTU Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi discusses this.