ActionSA councillor ‘kidnapped’ | IEC scrambles to find Holomisa’s station

ActionSA councillor ‘kidnapped’ | IEC scrambles to find Holomisa’s stationIn today’s news, South Africans endured scanner glitches and long queues late into Wednesday night to exercise their democratic right to vote, ActionSA’s Joburg regional campaigns manager Sello Mabelebele was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted on the eve of elections, and UDM leader Bantu Holomisa eventually voted after first being turned away.

Seasoned politician and leader of the United Democratic Movement , Bantu Holomisa, finally got to make his mark as the nation headed to the polls on Wednesday morning. Earlier in the day, the party’s Eastern Cape premier candidate was among several disgruntled voters who were turned away from the Mthatha Town Hall voting station because their “names were not on the voters’ roll”.Ramaphosa and his first lady Tshepo Motsepe cast their ballots at the Hitekani Primary School, Chiawelo, Soweto. Photo: GCIS

“I wasn’t asked by Thabo Mbeki, but someone did come by to say Thabo Mbeki is coming, he might have to cut in the line. I was in the middle of getting my ballot when it happened,” Moloi toldVoters in Thokoza in Ekurhuleni queueing to cast their vote. This photo was taken by one of the SOJ students. Pictures: ofsoulandjoy

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