South Africans Vote in Historic Seventh Democratic Elections

Toyibat Ajose

4 months ago

South Africans are casting their votes in the country’s seventh democratic election, 30 years after apartheid ended.

More than 27 million voters have registered for the most uncertain elections since the ANC brought the nation out of apartheid rule, with President Cyril Ramaphosa seeking re-election.

Voters queue at the Jukskei Park polling station in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on 29 May 2024. Image: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, wearing a scarf with the Palestinian flag on, arrives to vote at the Mponegele Primary School polling station in Seshego, Polokwane, on 29 May 2024. Image: Paul Botes/AFP

Voters queue at the Hopetown polling station in the Northern Cape on 29 May 2024. Image: Marco Longari/AFP

Former president and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma speaks to an Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) official at Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla on 29 May 2024. Image: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Voters are electing the 400 members of the National Assembly, who in the coming weeks will then choose a president from among their members.

A voter marks their ballot at the house of writer Carel Boshoff (unseen) in Orania on 29 May 2024. Image: Marco Longari/AFP

A Correctional Services officer assists an inmate to cast his ballot at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria on 29 May 2024. Image: Phill Magakoe/AFP

Polls opened at 7AM and close at 9PM on 29 May 2024.