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The IEC in the Eastern Cape says the tents that fell in Port Elizabeth are being re-erected. This after some fell tents used as voting stations in the metro were blown away by strong winds . IEC provincial electoral officer Thamie Mraji says the situation is under control and a team is currently dealing with this proble. We spoke to our reporter in the province, Camagwini Mavovana ....

Minor glitches have been experienced at a voting station in Athlone in the Western Cape. A voting station in ward 49 in Kewtown opened a few minutes late after experiencing some technical problems. Berenice Moss reports that small groups of residents have been waiting since the crack of dawn to ensure they make their mark in the Local Government Elections. We spoke to our reporter Berenice Moss....

News from Marikana in NorthWest is that scores of people will not be able to cast their votes today, as they are registered elsewhere in the country. Most of the affected people are migrant labourers and job seekers who flock to the platinum rich area. We spoke to the SABC's Itumeleng Kgajane....

While a number of residents are going to the polling stations to cast their votes in many parts of Vuwani, in areas such as Mashau and Vyeboom some stations had not yet received even a single voter by half past ten this morning. In Mashau 19 schools were set alight during the anti-demarcation protest three months ago. We spoke to our reporter, Witness Tiva....

As South Africans head to the polls today, it remains to be seem which parties were able to reach and convince more people to vote for them. Our listener and Data Scientist, Phillip Massie has found that smaller political parties are not able to reach as many prospective voters as the bigger ones due to budget constraints...

The IEC in the Northern Cape says while it does not expect any incidents at voting stations during the elections, security forces will be on high alert in volatile areas such as Joe Morolong in Kuruman. Presiding officers in the Sol Plaatjie Municipal area queued in the early hours of the morning to collect voting material for their respective voting stations. We spoke to Senior SABC Journalist Mercedes Besent ...

Voting has commenced at Ward 22 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. The ward which is made up by Daku, Njoli and KwaZakhele was regarded as one of the hotsposts in the Nelson Mandela Metro following weeks of protest by residents accusing the ANC of imposing the ward candidate on them. A group of residents clashed with ANC volunteers during the campaign refusing to let them campaign in the ward. We spoke to our reporter in Lusikisiki, Khaya Gobo....

Millions of South Africans cast their votes in this year's municipal elections, we spoke to Dr. Ndumiso Cingo who is Innovation Manager at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on election predictions and what to expect from these elections...

The Independent Electoral Commission says it has made sufficient provisions across the country to ensure smooth voting for both special vote days as well as Wednesday's local government elections. This as political parties gear up for a fierce battle for the that all important X. We spoke to Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) vice-chairperson, Terry Tselane....

Lawyers representing 38 Marikana protesters will launch a civil lawsuit against the state, for what they termed the unlawful detention of their clients. The 38 accused appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court in the North West for public violence on Monday. The group was protesting at Wonderkop in Marikana, demanding employment from local mining companies, including Lonmin. An IEC voting station was torched and a bus belonging to Lonmin was also set alight during the protests. Lucas Mothibedi compiled this report...