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By 5pm on voting day, five voting stations in South Africa had still not opened to voters. The IEC said that they were working to get them opened and would not turn away voters still trying to vote there as long as they had been there since before 9pm when all voting stations are meant to close .

The IEC chalked it up to community unrest that security agencies, government representatives and the electoral commission had not been able to resolve. Four voting stations in Vuwani, Limpopo, which had earlier opened were also forced to close for a period during the course of the day due to unrest and safety concerns. However, these had all now reopened, according to the IEC.

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