Election day dawned mild and misty in Cape Town’s southern suburbs on Wednesday, with apparently more people lining up to vote than five years ago.
A snap Sapa survey of polling stations in Plumstead, Wynberg and Constantia showed queues starting to form outside the venues from about 6.30am.
At the Alphen Centre polling station in Constantia there was a line of about 70 people when the presiding officer stepped out and declared the venue open at exactly 7am.
By 7.15am there were over 150 people in the queue.
All the polling stations visited opened on time.
The weather for election day in Cape Town looks set to be perfect with forecast highs of 24 degrees Celsius with moderate wind. – Sapa