In Imizamo Yethu, a settlement in the heart of the Cape Town suburb of Hout Bay, ANC supporters started singing and dancing along the wet road early in the morning. Despite the rain – and there was a lot of it – and despite the overflowing storm drain, residents turned up ready to cast their votes.
Outside the ministry, supporters of the DA, ATM, ANC and the Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party set up booths and tents, encouraging people to vote. Although ANC supporters were initially the most vocal, three hours after the voting station opened EFF supporters arrived with Woolworths coffees in hand and large speakers in tow.With pictures of Julius Malema and Cyril Ramaphosa adorning the streets of Imizamo Yethu, it appeared the DA had lost some of its support.
By 10am, Mondi had started the voting process manually, but was worried about those who weren’t registered to vote in the district. Without the scanner, she was not able to check if citizens with bar-coded IDs were registered elsewhere. Although registered voters are allowed to vote at any polling station, they are required to fill out a VEC 4 form to do so. These forms are used for registered voters who are not on the voters’ roll in a specific district. Ntosh said she had about 250 forms, of which more than 200 had already been used by midday. She, along with the IEC, had not anticipated so many out-of-district voters.
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