{"id":967374,"date":"2024-05-28T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=967374"},"modified":"2024-05-28T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:10:53","slug":"special-voting-disrupted-in-joe-slovo-gqeberha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/special-voting-disrupted-in-joe-slovo-gqeberha\/","title":{"rendered":"Special voting disrupted in Joe Slovo, Gqeberha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The second day of special votes was disrupted at the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>This as a result of a service delivery protest, with residents demanding houses.<\/p>\n<p>The protestors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/kzn-communities-urged-to-respect-iec-officials-during-special-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prevented Electoral Commission (IEC) officials from entering<\/a> the voting station in the area. However police intervened and the IEC officials have started setting up for voting.<\/p>\n<p>Residents say they do not see the need to vote as promises that have been made are not fulfilled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Residence in Joe Slovo township in Gqeberha say they will continue to protest and stop IEC from allowing people to vote in their area. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sabcnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sabcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LI3wnZuscJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/LI3wnZuscJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lerato Fekisi (@LThipa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LThipa\/status\/1795374373731434663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all there are no roads, secondly there is no housing, here are the pit toilets they smell you can\u2019t even enter. We are suffering there are no jobs,\u201d says a resident.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident adds, \u201cIt has been years without proper houses, we live in hell , this also decreases the value of the houses that are near us in the suburbs, we have been ignored for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">2024 Elections | IEC worried about special voting in the Eastern Cape: Abongile Jantjies updates<\/h4>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3LaP_K9paN0?si=6fnzTSfJlPs_mQr_\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute The second day of special votes was disrupted at the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. This as a result of a service delivery protest, with residents demanding houses. The protestors prevented Electoral Commission (IEC) officials from entering the voting station in the area. 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