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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>We are the People executive director and 30-year-old activist Londiwe Mntambo says elections are not rigged and those insinuating that are misinforming the public.<\/p>\n

She joined the 30 Years of Democracy podcast to speak about her upbringing, Fees Must Fall, and being an active community leader. We the People is a voluntary association formed to mobilise citizens to participate in democratic governance and elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaying the elections are going to be rigged or stolen is active misinformation; you are misinforming people so they don\u2019t show up at the polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo-one is going to rig this election. The less people show up at the polls the less we will see change. It works for [benefits] the governing and other major political parties when we don\u2019t vote,\u201d said Mntambo.<\/p>\n

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