The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Lufuno lwa vhathu lu ḓo vha lwone murango wa maanḓalanga a muvhuso, hezwi zwi ḓo bveledzwa nga khetho dza vhukuma dzine dza ḓo vha hone nga zwifhinga zwo tiwaho, nahone khetho idzi dzi ḓo vha dza vhathu vhoṱhe nga u lingana nahone u khetha hu ḓo vha ha tshidzumbe kana ha shumiswa maṅwe maga a u khetha nga mbofholowo.