Millions will vote in the hotly contested national and provincial elections.
Millions of South Africans are heading to the polls as voting opens in South Africa’s national and provisional elections.are registered to vote across South Africa’s nine provinces, according to South Africa’s Electoral Commission, in elections seen as the most crucial in three decades.
South African President Cyril Ramaphos, center, speaks to reporters after voting his ballot, May 29, 2024, for the general elections in Soweto, South Africa.Polls opened at 7 a.m. local time and lines formed early across schools, city halls, community centers and other designated polling stations across the country.
Unemployment has fueled inequality, poverty and crime with South Africa recording one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime, particularly in densely populated townships.
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