29.2 million voters, 188 000 officials, gates open at 7am: South Africa votes today
Voting stations open at 7am and close at 9pm. The IEC says it is ready in all nine provinces, and warns voters they may only cast a ballot where they are registered.
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Nomsa Dlamini
Nomsa Dlamini is the Political Editor and covers the national government, Parliament, the parties and the election, including the promises they make and whether the record matches them.
IEC fires KZN presiding officer who hauled ballot material in a party-branded e-hailing car
KwaZulu-Natal's IEC has terminated a presiding officer for moving election material in a vehicle painted in a political party's colours and logo, and reports attempts by party supporters to get into election material storage facilities in Dassenhoek, Richmond, uMkhambathini and Pietermaritzburg.
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