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Free State still hopeful of voter turnout

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Pretoria - With the closing time of voting stations fast approaching, the Free State province remains hopeful that registered voters will cast their votes before polls close at 7pm tonight.

Voting Day nears conclusion

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Pretoria – With just less than an half an hour before voting stations close, the Electoral Commission says it is pleased that no significant incidents of unrest or deliberate disruptions to voting have been reported.

IEC sends condolences to family of deceased volunteer

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Cape Town – The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has sent condolences to the family of a 20-year-old volunteer, who died while working at a voting station in the Western Cape on Wednesday.

Be on the right side of the law when voting

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Pretoria - As millions of South Africans continue to make their way to various voting stations across the country to cast their votes, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has reminded voters not to get overwhelmed by excitement and end up on the wrong side of the law.

Eskom to keep lights on for the rest of Voting Day

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Pretoria - As millions of South Africans continue to cast their votes in the fifth Municipal Elections, Eskom has reassured the nation that the lights will stay on during the course of the day.

Western Cape elections off to a smooth start

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Cape Town – Despite minor glitches with the ballot papers and identity scanners at two voting stations, voting got off to a smooth start across the Western Cape on Wednesday.

Smooth start to elections

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Pretoria – Voting in the 2016 Municipal elections got off to a smooth and timely start at almost all of the voting stations in the country, this morning.

Youth make their mark for democracy

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Johannesburg - Despite the chilly winter morning, Johannesburg’s youth came out in their numbers to cast their vote in the 2016 Municipal Elections.

Archbishop Tutu: "Voting remains a dream"

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Cape Town – As a long queue at the Milnerton High School, in Cape Town, stretched from the voting booths in the classrooms all the way to outside the gate, a frail looking Archbishop Desmond Tutu, after submitting his ballot, said that voting remained a dream for him as a black South African.