Elections 2024: Queues and glitches fail to deter voters as higher turnout than 2019’s 66% expected

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Voters queuing in Soweto and Fluerhof on Wednesday. (Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)

A higher voter turnout than the 66% achieved in the 2019 general elections is expected this year after long queues snaked around voting stations on Wednesday.”Evidently, we are in for a higher turnout than 2019,” Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said on Wednesday evening.While the interest in the elections is appreciated, parties were…



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