South Africans vote with vigour as impressive turnout is predicted

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is expecting the voter turnout for the national and provincial elections on Wednesday to surpass the 66% achieved in May 2019.“Evidently we are in for a higher turnout than we had in 2019, which is why it is the intention of the commission to ensure every voter in the queue is given an opportunity to record their political choice,” said chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo. Mamabolo was addressing journalists at the IEC’s results operation centre in Midrand shortly before the scheduled closing time for voting stations at 9pm.As…