Man arrested for trying to vote twice, while Mams residents vote for change
Everyone was excited about casting their votes young and old especially the first-time voters participated in the local elections.
A 49-year-old man was arrested by the police for trying to vote twice in the local election on Monday.
The man who is behind bars casted his vote in the morning and went home rubbed off the ink and went back to Sindawonye primary school to cast his second vote.
National police spokesperson Brig Vish Naidoo confirmed that a man had been arrested for allegedly trying to vote more than once.
A party agent at the polling station picked it up when scanning the man’s ID and it showed he had already made his mark.
The suspect was apprehended on the spot.
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In ward 93, Mamelodi East, the police and metro police were called in to calm down more than 200 angry voters at Life Giving Ministry after they were told they were not registered to vote.
The angry crowd disrupted the polling stations demanding answers, claiming they have registered to vote in September this year.
Naidoo further said they have not yet received any complaint from ward 93 in Mamelodi East.
Voters from Mamelodi and Nellmapius woke up early in the morning and headed to their local polling stations to cast their votes in the 2021 municipal elections.
The voting stations in Mamelodi and Nellmapius were up to date and people immediately started making their marks from 07:00 as scheduled. Everyone was excited about casting their votes as young and old and especially the first-time voters participated in the local elections.
They spoke to Rekord about their election experience and what they expected:
First-time voter Sibongile Tanyaka (21) said she could not sleep thinking about casting her first vote.
Tanyaka said she voted for change, education, jobs and for better service delivery and she trust that person she voted for will deliver.
She just told herself it was her democratic right and there was no reason to fear; and she was going to show everyone her thumb showing she finally got a chance to vote.
Lehae Rakhutla (20) also casted his vote for the first time.
He hoped that the person he voted for will bring change in service delivery and hoped that loadshedding could end as soon as possible.
Rakhutla hoped the party he voted for would bring hope among the youth and most importantly fight poverty and create jobs.
Ingrid Ratsoma (62) talked about the importance of voting and said everyone needed to vote.
She said without a vote there would be no change, “but casting your vote will make a difference in many people’s lives”.
Ratsoma further encouraged the youth to participate by making their mark.
Tebogo Bodila hoped her vote would make a difference and she believed that her party would win the local elections.
“I am hoping for change and job creation for the youth of South Africa,” said Bodila.
Kgaome Thobejane from Mamelodi said his vote will eradicate corruption and he hoped that “my vote will make a difference”.
There was police visibility at the voting stations, with the lawmen monitoring the situation in both Mamelodi and Nellmapius.
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