EC political parties wrap up campaigning this weekend

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Key political parties in the Eastern Cape who are contesting next week's national and provincial elections will wrap up their campaigns over the weekend.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape will hold its final mass rally at the Absa Stadium in East London Sunday.

ANC regional secretary, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, says they're calling on all their supporters to attend the rally.

"We want to increase our voter percentage to above 80% so that we can continue with the development that we have started 20 years ago and build a stonger government and governance structures, working with the people of this province," said Qoboshiyane.

"Voting ANC is voting for consolidation, prosperity and economic liberation that will take the peole of this province forward."

Meanwhile, DA provincial leader Atholl Trollip will travel to Sterkspruit in the North Eastern Cape on Friday.

The town, whose residents are campaigning for their own municipality, has been identified as one of the hotspots in the Eastern Cape.

Trollip says he wants to try and convince Sterkspruit residents that boycotting the poll is not the answer.

"I'm going to encourage the people there that if they want change they need to vote for change. They've been voting for the ANC for 20 years and there's been very little change in that area."

" I'm going to encourage them that the concept of a no-vote is dishonouring our freedom and that the right to vote is sacrosanct in South Afria. Too many people died for the right to vote and I'm going to encourage the people in Sterkspruit to vote for change," said Trollip.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa is the party's premier candidate for the Eastern Cape.

He told Algoa FM News that his message to voters in the province is a simple one.

"The elections of this year are about choosing whether you want to be led by a party which is celebrating and condoning corruption or you want to be led by people who are batting on a wicket of anti-corruption and promoting ethics of good government," said Holomisa.