{"id":967433,"date":"2024-05-29T08:40:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=967433"},"modified":"2024-05-29T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:40:52","slug":"voting-delayed-in-parts-of-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/voting-delayed-in-parts-of-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting delayed in parts of Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While voting got off to a smooth, punctual start in most parts of Gauteng, some voters were left frustrated by delays on the side of the Electoral Commission (IEC) in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

At Tholimfundo Primary School in Protea Glen, Soweto, South of Johannesburg, voters were left frustrated after the voters\u2019 roll was delivered late<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One voter says he arrived at the voting station at five o\u2019clock this morning only to find that there was a delay: \u201cIt\u2019s a mess. The elderly were supposed to vote first. But it\u2019s after 8 and nothing has started yet. We woke up early, around 4am, to be here on time so that we can run other errands. But we are still waiting for the IEC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voters at Parktown Girls High School also found themselves waiting in the queue because ballot boxes<\/a> arrived late. Some of them say they have been waiting for more than an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got here at 6:45, and nothing has happened yet. No people have been through the system yet; there is some delay due to boxes missing, etc. It is now 7:50, and nothing has happened. It is frustrating as people need to get to work, and they came in early, but here they are waiting. Who knows? Well, they haven\u2019t opened yet, and we were here since 7:15. But I am very lucky; I am over 60, so I can be in the short queue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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#SAvote24<\/a> Some ballot boxes, papers and voters roll arriving after 8am in some areas in Johannesburg.#sabcnews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/v81dmwd4OY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chriselda Zozi Lewis (Babes Wendaba) (@Chriseldalewis) May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ballot papers arrived more than one hour late at the Fontainebleau Community Church in Randburg. Hundreds of voters who queued from as early as six o\u2019clock this morning had to wait for more than two hours in the cold before the ballot papers were delivered at eight o\u2019clock.<\/p>\n

An elderly voter was left unimpressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuming, feeling mad as I have a very bad leg, and I\u2019m 84 years old, and we\u2019re still sitting outside. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the right way to handle us. I\u2019m very unimpressed. I\u2019ll wait till I vote. I was here at about six, it\u2019s cold, and we\u2019re waiting. So, yeah, it\u2019s frustrating. That excitement is all gone, but I\u2019ll wait because, you know, I have to do the right thing. It hasn\u2019t opened yet. It\u2019s frustrating, it makes you wonder how free and fair the elections are when there\u2019s no indication of when the ballot papers are actually going to arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fontainebleau Community Church voting station in Randburg is still not open as ballot papers have not yet arrived #sabcnews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/i2HVrH8lHq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Prabashini Naicker (@bashini_naicker) May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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