2019 Elections: Inside KZN: Party battles going down to the wire as special voting kicks off

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2019 Elections: Inside KZN: Party battles going down to the wire as special voting kicks off By Aisha Abdool Karim, Rebecca Davis and Sandisiwe Shoba

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Mhlongo, the EFF’s regional secretary for the district of Ilembe in KwaZulu-Natal , is at the election coalface. His small office in KwaDukuza — still known as Stanger to many KZN residents — is strewn with boxes of EFF flyers listing the key points of the party’s manifesto in isiZulu.

The “home visits” to which Mhlongo refers are the voting provisions made by the IEC for voters who are too sick, infirm or elderly to travel to a voting station. In the two days before the 8 May 2019 elections, they are able to cast their votes from their homes as part of the “special voting” process.

Although this area of northern KZN has been identified as a potential hot spot for election violence, Mpunpose told Daily Maverick:After casting her vote, however, Dlamini-Zuma took advantage of the handful of journalists present to issue a warning:It’s not allowed, actually, for anyone to stop someone who wants to vote.

On Monday, meanwhile, the South African Institute of Race Relations released the truly eyebrow-raising results of its final pre-election poll, suggesting that even with a relatively high turnout of 76.5% of registered KZN voters, the ANC would fail to win an outright majority provincially. Possibly in response to the poll, ANC KZN released a decidedly bullish statement on Monday afternoon announcing that it was preparing for an “overwhelming” election victory.Overwhelmingly, our people, both black and white, young and old have expressed their hope and firm belief that only the African National Congress has a vision and clarity of thought about the future of our province and country,” the statement said.

Coming into the 2019 polls, Mhlongo believes that the EFF has made substantial inroads in KZN by helping workers embroiled in labour disputes and targeting students and young voters.

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