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Local Government Elections Update Carlo Petersen · Drive with John Perlman

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  Speaker 1: 702.
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  Speaker 2: 3 to 6 p.m. Well, let's say in the Cape,
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  Speaker 2: it goes from east to west to the Cape Town
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  Speaker 2: metro area, the community of Lansdowne. Stannenberg High School is
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  Speaker 2: one of the polling stations then. Carlo Peterson has been
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  Speaker 2: moving up and down Cape Town, and he's currently, as
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  Speaker 2: I said, in Lansdowne. Carlo, very good afternoon to you.
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  Speaker 2: Turn out cues. What have you seen?
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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon, John. Yes, it's quite quiet now. Earlier, though,
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  Speaker 1: this morning, there were quite a few long queues at
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  Speaker 1: the voting stations that I visited. It seems like people
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  Speaker 1: wanted to get their voting done early today so that
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  Speaker 1: they could get, you know, some enjoyment out of the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the day. You're in Lansdowne right now. There's
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  Speaker 1: not much going on right now. and full of people.
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  Speaker 1: But like I said, I've spent the day moving between
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  Speaker 1: voting stations across the southern suburbs in Cape Town. And
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  Speaker 1: while each community has its own concerns, there were some
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  Speaker 1: common themes that emerged in Athlone and the Nova Park,
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  Speaker 1: which are, of course, Cape Blast areas. Many of the
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  Speaker 1: voters there spoke of crime, gang violence, unemployment, and poverty
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  Speaker 1: remaining among their biggest issues influencing their vote. Residents saying
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  Speaker 1: that they're looking for leaders who can make communities safer,
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  Speaker 1: create jobs and improve living conditions.
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  Speaker 2: Carlo, the areas you visited, and you'll tell us about
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  Speaker 2: Lansdowne in a moment, have generally, if I'm not mistaken,
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  Speaker 2: delivered fairly strongly for the Democratic Alliance these problems today. Notwithstanding,
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  Speaker 2: have you got a sense of whether there might be
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  Speaker 2: any change in the political tides in 2026?
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  Speaker 1: So a lot of the people that I spoke to
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  Speaker 1: in these communities, Sun Valley, Nuwatuk, and now in Lansdowne,
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  Speaker 1: it's centered largely around affordability, John, the rising cost of living.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Housing challenges and access to economic opportunities. And of course,
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  Speaker 1: these are aspects that have risen, you know, as we
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  Speaker 1: approach this election. I also spoke to Roger Solomon, Borsa's
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  Speaker 1: mayoral candidate in Cape Town. after he cast his vote
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  Speaker 1: earlier in Sun Valley and he sees many residents in
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  Speaker 1: that area are feeling squeezed financially and want a city
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  Speaker 1: that's more affordable and inclusive.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much. Well, it's all going to come out
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  Speaker 2: in the count, which is still a long way off,
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  Speaker 2: but very interesting stuff. Carlo Peterson, people who know the
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  Speaker 2: city of Cape Town, certainly moving up and down Sun
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  Speaker 2: Valley and I think in the Fish Hook area out
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  Speaker 2: onto the Cape Flats. And he's currently closer to the
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  Speaker 2: city center in Lansdowne. Updates from Carlo and all our...