Yes it’s finally here. That is voting day in South Africa. Are you voting? I hope so.

I have come to realise that voting and who you are voting for seems to still be a touchy subject for some. I don’t know why, and if asked most people would probably not know either.

I realised this yesterday when I had brunch with my lovely friends Kat and Ryan. Obviously this topic arose and strangely enough we all joked about who we were voting for but none of us actually asked who the others are really voting for. It came out at the end with the usual “I am voting for xxx” and the reply “me too”, but there was no open questions about who will be voting for who.

Why is this? Why was it a rather touchy subject? I don’t know. Maybe it goes back to the fear of people not wanting to know from the days of repression and fear. Maybe it is the way that we are brought up – it is secret.

Who knows? What I do know though is that everyone should vote. I know of people who aren’t voting as they couldn’t care less, or just don’t do politics but honestly I’m not big into politics either and I will be voting today. So, you can too.

I would love to hear opinions on this and why you are or are not voting.