South Africans are going to the polls to elect their next government.
While I am more than underwhelmed at what will most likely be the outcome, seeing the images of South Africans of every shade of color winding around city blocks to write there ballot is absolutely beautiful.
Sixteen years ago this would have been a nearly impossible sight to imagine.
I, along with most people I know who love South Africa, will be anxiously waiting to hear the results, with hopes that no matter who is voted into office, they will represent their communities, country and continent well.
I will leave you with a cartoon by the ever-sassy Zapiro, a South African political cartoonist I follow nearly every single day. His sentiments echo many that I have heard from some of my South African friends:
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Yes, what a day! I happened to be out of town in the States on this day. I think it's great that election day in South Africa is a public holiday so you don't have to deal with going to work and voting on the same day.
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