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Gallery: Elections 2014

Zululanders came out in full force to vote in the national elections today.

May 7, 2014

Zululand Observer reporters Less than a minute

Paul and Niky Scherzer

Elza Van Wyk votes at the Mtunzini Civic Centre

Leigh-Ann Wood Pottle puts her vote in the ballot box in Mtunzini

IEC presiding officer at Felixton voting station, Beauty Msezane

Paul and Niky Scherzer

Voters wait patiently at Richem Secondary School polling station

William Saunders (85) at the polling station

Voter, Grace Tshabase gets her ID book scanned

Sharon Cottrill votes on behalf of herself and her British husband and children

Richard Marlowe votes to see a ‘free and fair South Africa’

Peaceful and positive was the overall mood for the queue of Meerensee voters at the Richards Bay Primary School

Princess Shange casts her vote every election year since making her first mark in 1994

Christo, Chantell and Chrishe van der Linde were excited to make their mark

Casting an eye on the ballot distribution at the Empangeni Civic Centre were IEC officials Dudu Sibiya and Nombuso Mkhwanazi

Tholakele, Sizwe and Mduduzi Sisoka wait patiently in the queue

John and Rita Dupavillon

M Buthelezi and Amos Mahlalela at Richards Bay Primary polling station

Election staff member Zanele Mthembu and Aquadene resident Lawton Randall

Brackenham resident Sagie Naidoo and electoral staff Thule Nyawo and Thulani Nxumalo

Bright and early at the polling station was Winter Forbay and grand daughter Lebo Senosi

Residents Thandi Hlope and Zamani Buthelezi with Aquadene Voting Station electoral staff – Zanele Mthembu,Vera Ndlovu and Joseph Khumalo

Born free and first time voter Jacqualine Schutte with IEC officials Bongiwe Tshangase and Lindiwe Mthembu at the voters roll

Empangeni resident Simon Makhine has his ID scanned by IEC official Jabulani Hadebe

– Having voted in all five elections since democracy, Dina Duffin makes her mark after IEC official Andile Mbikazi inks her thumb

Heuwelland Primary School voting station Deputy Presiding Officer Zanele Zungu with Presiding Officer Xolani Mthiyane hard at work to ensure smooth sailing at voting station

Teachers from Silethukukhanya High School in Khula Village donned IEC shirts as they volunteered to oversee the voting process at the school’s polling station. From left, Zamami Zungu (Deputy Presiding Officer), Robert Ntuli (Mtubatuba Mayor), Zamami Madela (Presiding Officer), Phumelele Ndlovu (IEC Observer) and Lindiwe Mtshali (Voters Roll Officer)

St Lucia resident and guide, Patrick Jolly, posts his voting forms in the ballot box shortly after the polling station opened

: One of the almost 1000 Mtubatuba residents registered to vote at the Mtubatuba Town Hall

Waiting patiently in line outside the Mtubatuba Town Hall before going through the voting process

Another thumb inked!

IEC officials had their work cut out for them, scanning the many registered voters’ ID book barcodes as part of the voting process

Vusumuzi Dlamini, a Kantanga employee working in St Lucia, goes through the out-of-towners post-registration, pre-voting process which allowed him to vote in St Lucia after having registered elsewhere

Janet Kincaid-Smith, James Queen, Malcolm Kincaid-Smith and Jimmy Queen at the Veldenvlei voting station

Ernst and Heila Beylefield

Adedorff Louw Du Toit casts his vote at Arboretum

Thokozile Nkosi (72) tells Busi Ntombela (IEC Veldenvlei Presiding Officer) that she has voted in all the previous elections

Andrew and Ruth Spies make their way to the Arboretum voting station

Reverend Rolf Schmidt about to cast his vote early this morning.

Voters queue at Grantham Park voting station.

An Empangeni man placing his vote in to the ballot box at Grantham Park Primary School

Officials busy with voters at Dumisani Makhaya Village

Mtunzini voter, Willem Geyer

Khanyisiwe Mthethwa (65) and Nomusa Molefe (72) ready to vote in their fourth elections at eSikhaleni

Mpendulo Madlala and Zamani Khuzwayob at Bajabulile Primary in eSikhaleni

Scelo ‘Gqoms’ Mnikathi happy to cast his vote at Bajabulile Primary in eSikhaleni

Phetha Phelokwakhe showing off his ink after voting at eSikhaleni voting station

May 7, 2014

Zululand Observer reporters Less than a minute

One Comment

sagren says:

May 7, 2014 at 15:41

Voted @ the Brackenham hall was very quick but the hall itself was disgusting.

Eish