NELSPRUIT – Mr Sibusiso Nkosi, from the electoral commission in Mpumalanga, said this afternoon that by 15:00 his office had received no reports of serious disruptions at any voting stations in Mpumalanga.
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Our news desk brings you an update on our coverage of the 2014 national elections in the Lowveld region.
Hamad Masauni, an election observer for the AU, said he was impressed with how many people came out to vote. He said the most striking difference between elections here and in his native Tanzania, is that people are allowed to wear party T-shirts and set up gazebo’s outside voting stations.
The day also saw first-time voters get inked. Twenty-three year-old Christiaan Bezuidenhout says he didn’t vote in the previous elections, because he had not realised that his vote would make a difference.
Danie de Beer, at 62 years old, also voted for the first time ever today.
Also hear what Thulani Sibuyi, ANC chairman in Ward 17, has to say about Election Day.
Read more in the print edition of Lowvelder.
