Page 2 Elections LIP LIP 2019 Editorial Team LIP provides you as the reader with all the necessary knowledge to make an informed decision come election day. I encourage you to mindfully vote and be proud of this moment, as for many years people of our nation didn’t have the opportunity. Enjoy the ride, the class of 2019 worked hard to bring you knowledge through our passion – informed journalism. LIP Page 3 TOP LEFT: Nelson Mandela casting his first vote in 1994. PHOTO: Peter Turnley. ABOVE: Family members are helping an elderly woman walk after she voted for the first time. PHOTO: Susan Winters. ‘I captured LEFT: A woman stands in line to vote on the first voting day while reading The Sowetan. PHOTO: Brooks a moment Kraft. “I will never forget the old people “It was up and down. There were Also in South Africa during the who were voting for the first time in days where there was violence and first democratic elections was the their lives [saying], ‘Now I can die, shootings and then you’d go to a American photojournalist, Peter knowing my children will be free.’ As Mandela rally so full of hope, energy Turnley. of freedom’ an American, I contrasted that to the and excitement.” Turnley was working for the Jana Greyling Winters spent time in townships apathy of American voters.” Kraft was one of the photogra- American publication Newsweek and villages producing content from Winters’ photograph, pictured phers injured in pre-election Magazine at the time and covered 1988 to 1993 and became especially above, shows an elderly woman and violence alongside the chief pho- big news stories happening around ith the sixth general interested in stories documenting a three of her family members who are tographer of The Star, Ken Ooster- the world for the magazine. elections since the end peaceful reconciliation process in helping her walk after she voted for broek, who was killed in Thokoza Like Kraft, Turnley followed of apartheid in 1994 fast South Africa. the first time in her life. The photo township on the East Rand. Mandela during the weeks before Wapproaching, it seems appropriate Winters was not on the same page was taken in a rural village in the Kraft recalls the voting days as the elections and documented his to look back on South Africa’s first as her editors at the Philadelphia Eastern Cape. peaceful even though there were campaign. democratic elections, 25 years ago, Daily News and decided to cover the Another photojournalist who cov- concerns of violence breaking out. “It was an amazing moment of op- and relive this historic time through further reconciliation process inde- ered the elections was Brooks Kraft. “The election days were really timism in general,” recalls Turnley. a medium that can convey emotion pendently on a number of trips dur- At the time Kraft was working as a exciting and everyone felt like they The iconic photograph of Mandela and meaning like no other – ing the struggle and transition years. freelance independent photographer were part of something special. If casting his vote at the ballot box, pic- photography. In 1994 Winters was in Cape Town for the picture agen- you wait a lifetime to tured above, was taken by Turnley The year 1994 marks a very tur- and the Eastern Cape for ten days cy Sygma and was vote, who cares if you during the voting days at Ohlange bulent time in South Africa with before the elections and described sent to South Africa If you wait a wait another ten hours. High School. the first democratic elections taking the general atmosphere as peaceful. in 1994 to cover the lifetime to vote, There was just a lot of On the first day of the elections place, determining the future of the “Although pre-election violence in elections. hope and optimism [on Turnley, his twin brother David who country. Natal and [the] Free State was mak- “I basically moved who cares if you the election days].” is also a photojournalist, and other The world’s focus was on South ing the headlines, the places where I to South Africa for wait another ten His photograph of journalists flew to different cities in Africa and as a result, countless lo- was were pretty calm.” three and a half hours the woman reading The South Africa to document the voting cal and international photographers This state of peacefulness contin- months preceding the Sowetan while standing process. and photojournalists documented ued into the days of voting, explains first democratic elec- in line waiting to vote, “It was an unbelievable human ex- the first general elections and the Winters. tions,” explains Kraft. pictured above, was tak- perience to witness people all across pre-election time through their “[On] the first day I was in a ru- He describes the period leading up en on the morning of the first voting the country, to see the faces and ex- ever-present lenses. ral village […]. I didn’t know that to the elections as very emotional, “It day on 26 April 1994. pressions of people who were voting During the time leading up to the the whole country had become calm was amazing. It’s truly something I’ll “The headline is great because for the first time in their life. It was elections, American photojournalist, until I returned to East London that never forget.” it gives you a visual reference [to a truly beautiful day,” explains Turn- Susan Winters, was accompanying night. The quiet of the voting made Kraft travelled with Nelson Man- the context] but I also just remem- ley. Smuts Ngonyama, about whom she a statement much greater than the dela in the then Northern Transvaal ber her thoughtfulness, her calm- Behind these three photographs had previously written a feature, to bloodshed. I felt the people who had and remembers the tumultuous state ness and her pride. You could see are important stories and memories witness him voting. Ngonyama was invested their lives in the pursuit of of the country. all those things on her face. So [the adding to the value of the historical the ANC leader of the Eastern Cape peace were vindicated.” “I spent a whole week tailing him photograph] was a little bit person- event that was the first democratic at the time. Winters recalls she was “stunned as he went from small town to small al but it also showed the context of election in South Africa. Once again, A staff photographer for thePhil - to see the hundreds of elderly people town and I covered big events what was happening that day,” says the saying “a picture speaks a thou- adelphia Daily News at the time, waiting for hours to vote. and rallies. Kraft about the photograph. sand word” proves its point. Page 4 Elections LIP SA is vry, maar... Hoe vaar die land tot dusver in terme van die regte en vryhede wat in die Grondwet gewaarborg word? Roxanne Mooneys die land in daardie spesifieke aspek goed vaar, terwyl ’n telling Voor 1990 was politieke en bur- nader aan nul op swak prestasie gerregte slegs ’n sekere gedeelte dui. van die Suid-Afrikaanse bevol- Luidens verlede jaar se verslag king beskore. val Suid-Afrika in die kategorie Volgens die navorsingsorgani- van ’n gebrekkige demokrasie. sasie Freedom House, het die ge- ’n Gebrekkige demokrasie bruik van ’n tydelike grondwet in verwys na ʼn land met swak po- 1993 ’n tydperk van beduidende litieke deelname asook ’n swak verandering ingelui met betrek- politieke kultuur. king tot regte en vryhede in die Politieke kultuur het betrek- land. king tot die waardes, oortuigings Heelwat van die veranderin- en houdings van die samelewing ge kan aan die onderhandelinge teenoor politieke instellings. tussen die destydse regering en Wat politieke deelname betref, Patricia de Lille is the leader of GOOD and former mayor of Cape Town. PHOTO: Supplied die ANC toegeskryf word. Hier- ken die indeks aan Suid-Afrika die gesprekke het verseker dat die 8,33 uit 10 toe, maar vir politieke land struikelblokke soos geweld, kultuur slegs 5 uit 10. bomaanvalle en sluipmoorde kon Dr Nicola de Jager, dosent De Lille: ‘When a oorkom. in politieke wetenskap aan die Freedom House se jaarlikse Universiteit Stellenbosch, beweer Freedom in the World-verslag Suid-Afrikaners het ’n materia- ken tellings tussen een en sewe listiese siening van demokrasie. toe wat dui op die stand van ’n ‘‘Hulle sien demokrasie as die woman rises, land se politieke en burgerregte. middele waardeur ’n doel bereik ’n Telling nader aan een beteken kan word, soos om toegang te ’n land geniet optimale vryheid, kry tot ’n huis, kos of ’n werk. terwyl ’n telling nader aan sewe Die probleem is dan dat mense the nation does’ op ’n gebrek aan vryhede dui. die regering [die party wat op In die tydperk voor 1994 is daardie stadium aan bewind is] Lia Snijman having women making it as leaders Authority and the Public Protector. Suid-Afrika nog beskou as ge- in dieselfde lig sien as die poli- of parties, then by definition you are He does mention that women are deeltelik vry, terwyl dit in die tieke stelsel [demokrasie] en die n the 8th of May, voters will not going to have women who are not as well represented in civil soci- jare daarna as heeltemal vry ge- tekortkominge van die regering have 48 political parties to candidates for the presidency.” ety though and adds that “we have klassifiseer is. Die organisasie is word dan as die tekortkominge choose from, but only a few De Lille mentions that one of the to modernise social life for politics ook van mening dat al het die van die politieke stelsel beskou,” Ofemale presidential candidates to se- struggles she faced as a female politi- to emancipate.” He believes that a verkiesing in 1994 ’n groot vers- sê De Jager.