A spot to post general election news and coverage from what is being seen by many as the most important elections in Sourh Africa since 1994.
Share news articles from reputable (and ideally paywall free) sources, interesting election trivia, your own election queue experiences, and of course, all those inked thumb pics. Also interested to hear if any of those outside SA voted last weekend, and if so, what it was like.
Feel free to also share any general cartoons and memes, poll results, observations and analysis that you find interesting. There’s many a stats nerd in these parts! 
Please do keep in mind that we are a very diverse community here - keep the overly hyperbolic fear-mongering mud-raking stories and memes to your private WhatsApp chats, and refrain from party political kak and slander. In other words be the nice, proud, polite, positive Sourh Africans I know you are, or post elsewhere. 
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IEC Results Dashboard
Going to this higher level address seems a lot better than the original app dashboard below, works better on mobiles too.
https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/
Original IEC Results Dashboard
Does not convert very well to phone screens
https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/app/dashboard.html
NEWS24 Election Results Dashboard
https://www.news24.com/news24/elections/map/nnpe?year=2024&level=country
SABC News Elections Hub
Daily Maverick Elections 24 Dashboard
Voters are urged to check their registration details and confirm the location of their correct voting stations ahead of election day by using any of the following channels:
Voters are reminded to bring their valid South African identity document (ID) when voting: either a green barcoded ID book, smartcard ID, or valid temporary identity certificate (TIC).
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You neglected to mention which service provider is given 35% off on 2 rides up to R40 per trip. I’m assuming uber, but since I don’t live in a place with rideshare/e-hailing, I can’t be sure that uber is the only player anymore!
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Super 
moment!
Yip, it’s Uber. Others may be too, be that one is specific to Uber.
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So far I can get a doughnut, an ice cream and a 2nd cup of coffee. Gonna have to try vote early 
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For those still undecided: Daily Maverick’s “Manifesto Mayhem” cards summarise the main parties key manifesto points.
Online:
Full PDF:
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That’s a brilliant bit of summarising, thanks for sharing!
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Agreed. Thanks for sharing.
I decided to get an early start and already the queue is long af.
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Also long queue. The scanner had multiple issues. One was network, another was not scanning every ID - so had to manually type the number, lastly they ran out of battery. So that was 2.5 hours. Then the old people came and started skipping the queue. People complained and the officials had to find a compromise.
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Arrived at 6.45, went in at 7 when they opened and out. All in all 20 minutes. Its lekka living in a small town sometimes 
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Voting done. Super quick this time, about 15mins. Then went to get the free ice cream from Polar, free coffee from Wimpy and would’ve got a free Krispy Kreme doughnut but they had run out of stock.
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As well as this
The results page is also down. Probably updating it
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