Voters wake to a misty Middelburg
A misty Middelburg greeted thousands of voters who turned up, some still dressed in their pajamas and others dressed to the T, to cast their ballots on May 7.
In Extension 24, the voting station looked quiet but it was merely an illusion, upon entering the demarcated area of the school, hundreds of people filed into not one, but two, lengthy queues.
It was the despite the mist, a crystal clear indication of what was to come.
Hundreds of voters formed a long queue at Corpus Christi Church where Aerorand voters were greeted with a hot dog and hamburger stall and mobile coffee cart.
Voters were also treated to sandwiches at Laerskool Dennesig where the provincial DA leader cast a vote for himself when the voting station opened at 07:00.
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Voting progressed smoothly in Nasaret where DA councillor, Deborah Longman, greeted voters warmly like Farouk Sulliman, who waved voters closer at Eastdene.
In Mhluzi, where the EFF was very visible, thousands of voters started queuing long before 07:00 to have their left thumbnails inked by IEC officials.
At every voting station party agents lined the walls to keep a close eye on proceedings.
The vast majority of the electorate is unaware that they could vote at any voting station within the province they are registered.
A large number of informed voters showed up at the voting station at the fire brigade to cast their ballots, though they weren’t registered there.
This particular station, like the one at Breintjieland, saw very little action spurring hurried voters to fill out the prescribed form and get done with it.
In all, things progressed very smoothly without any major hiccups reported by noon.
Many more thousands of working voters were expected to file out after work to be part of the 2014 general elections.
