Jeffrey Baloyi _ Impact Area Manager at the CSIR

A lot has been said about this year’s election feeling like 1994 again. But is this comparison accurate and why this particular comparison 30 years later? To talk to us about this and how the day has gone so far is….

GUEST: Sophie Mokoena, SABC News International Editor

Analysis on election trends and some interesting developments as the day progresses. Among those is some social media posts claiming that some election results have been declared and this includes results from the international votes.  

GUEST: Dr Sithembile Mbete, Lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria 

UDM leader General Bantu Holomisa has finally cast his vote at Mthatha General Hospital after he was turned away at Mthatha City Hall earlier today. 

Avi Moodley, Principal AI Specialist at the CSIR

In conversation with Professor Daryl Glaser on why he thinks today’s election is the most pivotal election South Africans have faced since 1994. He will also share his thoughts on theory and practice of democracy in South Africa as we witness it today.

GUEST: Daryl Glaser, Professor of Political Studies @ Wits University

South African voters are expected to head to the polls in their droves today and guess what our colleagues as well are out and about casting their votes. Let’s now hear from Bridget Masinga, SAfm’s presenter of the Full Circle.

We hear from Professor John Stremlau in terms of how this election is being viewed abroad and the global expectations thereof. This as some analysts argue that today’s election may serve as a turning point for the nation if the ANC receives less than 50% of the vote.  

GUEST: Dr John Stremlau, Visiting Professor of International Relations at Wits University

Post the IEC press briefing. We speak to Granville Abrahams, IEC General Manager for Electoral Matters who says the commission faced some technical challenges in some voting stations this morning, but they managed to turn things around as they had to resort to the old paper voters roll method to sort out the problem.

GUEST: Granville Abrahams, IEC General Manager for Electoral Matters