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Indian-origin voters in South Africa in a fix

DURBAN, APRIL 3. With only 11 days to go for South Africa's third democratic elections, the Indian community, especially in the KwaZulu- Natal province, remains non-committal over which party to vote as they feel none of the parties truly represents them.

Alan Nadasen of Durban, who had voted for the African National Congress (ANC) in 1994 and 1999, said: ``We don't know which party to vote for this time because we believe the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is not living up to the morals and principles that we had fought for."

Both the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party — the two main players in the electoral battle in the province — are making all efforts to woo the Indian voters. As part of their aggressive campaign, the Indian community is being bombarded with hordes of posters and radio and newspaper advertisements. The ANC is even using the name of Mahatma Gandhi in its posters. However, all this seems to have cut no ice with the disillusioned community, which has begun to feel that it is being ``sidelined and marginalised," growing unemployment making matters worse. — PTI

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