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Soweto - Voters have begun queuing in polling stations around Soweto to cast their ballots in the country's fourth democratic elections.

Johannesburg - First time voter, Siyabonga Zwane, 18, a matric learner at Titelo High School woke up at the crack of dawn today to be first in the line to cast his vote at the Joubert Park polling station.

Diepsloot - Hundreds of registered voters in Diepsloot braved the cold weather this morning to cast their votes in the fourth democratic General Elections.

Pretoria - Electoral officer in KwaZulu-Natal Mawethu Mosery says stations in the province that were unable to open at 7am this morning are now opening gradually.

Northern Cape - The Department of Health in the Northern Cape has kicked-off its Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) week which encourages voluntary HIV testing.

Johannesburg - Thousands of Joburgers have braved the icy weather to stand in long snake-like queues at the Jobubert Park polling station, waiting to make their historic cross next to the party that best represents their vision.

Pretoria - Hundreds of excited voters queued from 6am in the morning at the Skuilkrans Voting Station in Murrayfield, Pretoria East, anxiously waiting to cast their votes.

Pretoria - A voting station in Lotus Gardens in Pretoria was blown over by strong winds on Tuesday, but the station is now up and operational.

Pretoria - The Limpopo Provincial government has hit back at media reports that four MEC's will be reshuffled or replaced from Premier Cassel Mathale's cabinet.

Johannesburg - Despite earlier threats to stage a protest march against service delivery on Election Day, residents of Alexandra have turned out in large numbers to cast their votes.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has expressed concern at the escalating number of children who are involved in criminal activities in the country.

Pretoria - Two school boys, who allegedly drugged and gang raped a school girl inside a Johannesburg high school premises, have been arrested.

KwaZulu-Natal - Not discouraged by the chilly weather, thousands of voters in KwaZulu-Natal gathered outside their polling stations to make their cross on the ballot sheet, from the early hours of the morning.

Kimberley - Tourism Deputy Minister Thokozile Xhasa has singled out the tourism sector as a vehicle to drive global economic development, if it is managed well.

Bhisho - The new Eastern Cape Premier, Noxolo Kiviet, has promised to tackle the high rate of poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment in the province.