2 elderly voters have passed away while trying to cast their votes, a lady who passed away in the Vaal, and another Sy Mamabolo passed away in Tshwane
The Ruling party, Ramaphosa’s party ANC is facing its toughest year yet as the opposition, the Democratic Alliance promises to tackle the slowing economyand unemployment ranked as one of the highest in the world at 54%.
Julius Malema (EFF), Cyril Ramaphosa(ANC) and Mmusi Maimane(DA) are the most popular presidential contestants
5 voting stations failed to open as late at 5:00 PM
Despite the winter chills, citizens have not failed to go out and cast their votes.
A record 48 parties are on the ballot. There are 26.76 million registered voters, 55% of them are female.
There are 28,757 voting stations and 220,000 members of electoral staff
Six million young people did not register to vote.
