SAelections2019 IEC Free State spokesperson Mmathabo Rasengane said the police escorted about 90 officials to the various voting stations which opened around 10am.
Police officers escorted IEC officials on Wednesday after service delivery protests disrupted 12 voting stations at Marquard in the Free State.
IEC Free State spokesperson Mmathabo Rasengane said the police escorted about 90 officials to the various voting stations which opened around 10am.“They [residents] protest just before elections to make sure their voices are heard by the government. If they don’t deliver or do this for us [residents], we will hit them where it hurts most which is the polls.”However at other voting stations in Marquard people have started making their ways to go and vote despite this.
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