Queues in Arcadia, PTA grow as voters get ready to have their say

In Arcadia, Pretoria, a queue has formed outside the voting station as the residents prepare to vote in the 2026 Local Government Elections.

Many of them say they hope that the incoming municipal leadership will address service delivery challenges and create more job opportunities.

Some of the voters also have expectations from the incoming municipal leadership including improved roads and streetlights. They said they would like for the new leaders to make it easier for the youth to apply for jobs. “They can just fix all the roads and the lights and do the job, that would be lovely. We know it’s difficult, it hasn’t been maintained, so it is going to take a while and they need to communicate. We need a different approach in terms of unemployment and when it comes to small businesses. I need priority to be for South Africans, especially the youth – us who are staying in the flats, we struggle without water.

X | @SABCNews | VISUALS | With local government election day upon us, IEC officials are ready to serve voters as ballot boxes containing ballot papers are delivered to voting stations across Pretoria. At Arcadia Primary School, one of the designated voting stations in the heart of the capital, preparations are underway to welcome registered voters from Ward 92 as they prepare to cast their ballots and shape the future of local government in Tshwane… For more visit https://t.co/4v5Vy3dqfi Credits: Patricia Visagie

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