Violence on the eve of the elections threatened to deliver on Bekkersdal residents’ promise not to vote, but peaceful voting has since begun there.

Rand Uranium and Westonaria municipality have applied for a court interdict to halt Bekkersdal residents from occupying land illegally, says a report.

Police fired rubber bullets at striking workers at a clay and cement factory in Westonaria on Monday, according to the National Union of Mineworkers.