PICTURES: SA expat election snaps from around the world
South African expats took to the polling booths at 111 foreign missions around the world last weekend. Some of the incredible pictures …
South African expats took to the polling booths at 111 foreign missions around the world last weekend.
According to the Electoral Commission (IEC), voting outside of South Africa proceeded smoothly with no major incidents reported.
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SPECIAL VOTES
The IEC also confirmed that 78 092 South African citizens has applied to cast their votes abroad.
The largest number of voters registered mark their ‘X’ was in London where 24 535 had done so.
Voting took place at the High Commission on both Saturday and Sunday, with reports of long queues on the Saturday, but a comparatively shorter waiting time on Sunday.
Springbok Rugby World Cup-winning lock RG Snyman cast his vote in Dublin in Ireland.
From Tokyo to Moscow, Ghana to The Hague, South African expats went out in their droves to cast their votes in the 2024 general election:
IN-COUNTRY VOTING
With overseas voting now completed, the Electoral Commission has turned its attention to preparations for the in-country special voting which will commence two days before election day on 27 and 28 May.
There are 1.7 million approved special votes.
“About 653 000 of these are home visit special votes while just over one million are voting station special votes. In all, there is at least a single approved special vote in 22 626 of the total 23 292 network of voting stations,” the IEC said.
Voters are urged to check their registration details and confirm the location of their correct voting stations ahead of election day by using the following channels:
- Online at www.elections.org.za/pw/Voter/Voter-Information
- SMSing their ID number to 32810
- Contact centre on 0800 11 8000
- The IEC APP downloadable from AppStore