CAPE TOWN - Western Cape chief electoral officer Courtney Sampson said on Wednesday there was no racial segregation at a voting station in Wellington.
This was the first year that citizens could cast their votes anywhere they pleased. But those voters had to fill out a form first.Sampson said all the backlogs were cleared. He said it often took a while to get ballots to stations that had run out, because of the importance of keeping those ballots safe and secure.
Bt y separated line when black students arrive...there r lots of white students as well in Wellington.. I think IEC is to blame here for creating ths unnecessary race issue.
And did they take action against the irresponsible person who reported the matter without gathering the facts? Can this person be held accountable for misleading folk?
Why dismiss something that we can see
My word in this day and age. SAElections2019 Elections2019 SADecides2019
That poor dead horse.
Why 2 lines? They must explain that one
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