Man named Vote to cast ballot for change in South Africa
Vote Ubisi (30), who was named because he was born on April 27, 1994, the same day as millions of South Africans voted in the country's first democratic election that would end Apartheid and bring Nelson Mandela to power, poses in his home in Lillydale, South Africa on March 19, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
When Mariana Ubisi went into labour in her one-room home in rural South Africa, millions of Black citizens were queuing to vote in the election that would bring Nelson Mandela to power.
It was April 27, 1994. Swept up in the excitement, Ubisi and her husband named their newborn son Vote.
