It's been an amazing few weeks prior to this election, I can safely say that my party of which I along with other DA friends campaigned hard to get my constituency, on Wednesday the 18th of May 2011 the election began, at 12:46pm I casted my vote after waiting in a queue for over 2 and a half hours with a mild cold it was 22 degrees so the weather helped and I needed to get out the house for some fresh air anyway, the next day at precisely 6:00am I was informed that the DA won an overal majority in my constituency, I was tremendously proud of not only my achievements in this election but those who supported the party, despite the fact that the nation didn't turn entirely blue but green I must say that the opposition (DA) did her very best in gaining and retaining seats desired by the ANC to overtake, luckilly not a single target of DA territory was takenover by the ruling party but a significant amount of constituencies across South Africa as ANC saved seats were voted in favour of the opposition, indeed, the ANC were left in tears where Midvaal, Baviaans and Cape Town were concerned, they were so confident they were going to take these areas but failed, for the first time I must say that they didn't point any fingers at anyone else but themselves making it clear that they failed minority areas of the country
The 2014 General Election will probably see the DA come to major power, hopefully forming a government, for the next two years I have to help build up this nation once again but not by the acknowledgement of using the class system, we have to move beyond those stereotypes, instead we have to really join hands as one nation, a nation we can all be proud of, right now I have to say that we're not yet great, once we've joined hands we'll be the greatest nation ever but if we persist in pointing fingers, blaming one another on race, money, "the right society", class and top jobs then we won't be able to move on as a matured and stable democracy
I'm sincerely proud of the voter turnout in South Africa during this election, I would like to thank all South Africans who participated in this election, I need to encourage the youth alot more for the general election because we seriously need their help the most but I'm going to come down to their level and make them feel alot more comfortable, I will also do the same with social and lower-social class citizens who are earning a living as well as those who can't I do sympathize for them but I can't help them unless they help themselves in voting for a party that's prepared to help them, right now it's visible the ANC can't help anyone, the reason they are voted often is not because of their values or manifesto but their history and the fight for freedom of which has been achieved, nothing else since their success in giving South Africa freedom has happended since 1999, Thabo Mbeki was the start of our problems and hopefully Jacob Zuma will be the end of our problems when he's succeeded by Helen Zille and I truly hope that she does with the help of South Africans and the blessing of God because my goodness South Africa NEEDS her badly.
Chad C Rensburg
Port Elizabeth, EC, Republic of South Africa
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