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Thursday 9 May 2019 NEWS YOU CAN USE FREE It rained votes in Bfn, but. Nomaqhawe Mtebele [email protected] Young and old residents from the Although Bloemfontein residents voted Mangaung Metro enthusiastically yesterday in spite of the gathered in large rain, the Free State had a lukewarm start to numbers at the national elections. Universitas Primary By the time Bloemfontein Courant went school voting station to press yesterday, only 77 000 voters had to cast their votes cast their ballots in the Free State after on 8 May 2019. about 1.4 million people were registered for Different political party the general elections. supporters stood in Bloemfontein Courant was at the Results lengthy queues and Operation Centre in Hamilton on Election despite the rain and Day when IEC Communications Officer, cold weather they Mmathabo Rasengane, expressed that were full of smiles and voter turnout in the province was expected excited about being to be low this time around. “The rain is able to cast their votes affecting the voter turnout negatively and being able to exercise their rights. because usually by around 10:00 we From the left: Pearl would have had a lot of people, but today Manyike, Bianca we only had 77 000 people who had cast Pieterse, Willem their ballots across the province,” said de Kock, Nicolette Rasengane. “It is worrisome because it Kok and Thabiso is still raining and cold. Personally I’m Leqelaand in front. worried that we will not reach one million PHOTO: PIERCE VAN voters,” she said. However, Rasengane HEERDEN explained that although most voters would normally have visited stations by 12:00, a good number usually make their way in the evening at around 17:00. The Electoral Commission of South More election stories and Africa had tackled a few challenges while pictures on pages 2, 3 and 4. residents cast their ballots throughout Mangaung on 8 May 2019. When Bloemfontein Courant was at the IEC Results Operation Centre in Hamilton, staff were asked to improve the way they various parties voiced complaints over were marking as this could affect how long insufficient ballot papers at stations, the marks would last on thumbs. “The easily removable marks on thumbs and person making the mark must press hard so power cuts in a few areas, among others. the mark does not wash away easily. The According to Rasengane ballot papers IEC CEO conveyed this to us to tell staff,” might have run out but extra supplies were said Rasengane. available. “We always have buffer stock A few residents in Heidedal were but we do not keep that at each station confused when they saw that Gayton for control purposes. The area manager is McKenzie’s image was not included along alerted when buffer is needed and supplies with his party, the Patriotic Alliance, on the it accordingly,” said Rasengane. On the ballot paper today. According to Rasengane challenge of power cuts in Bloemside and this was simply because ballots feature Glass Palace Rasengane mentioned that the image of party presidential candidates. the issue had been taken up with Centlec. “Both the national and provincial ballot A few political parties mentioned that papers have the same party candidate,” she markers used to mark the thumbs of voters expressed. Bloemfontein native, McKenzie, In spite of the rain that fell in bucket loads yesterday, residents of Bloemfontein came out in their during the voting process could be easily was a premier candidate for the Heidedal- numbers to cast their votes. This picture was taken at the voting station in NP van Wyk Louw Street, removed. According to Rasengane, IEC based party. Langenhoven Park. PHOTO: SAZLY HARTZENBERG. WHY FUTUREDRIVE? LET US SHOW YOU! 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Molale het aan [email protected] getrotseer om hul stem uit te bring en so ’n gisteroggend in Langenhovenpark gaan stem Bloemfontein Courant gesê dat dit baie bydrae te maak om ’n beter toekoms vir Suid- het, het gesê dat sy weet die ANC in die belangrik is vir jong mense om te stem, want Stemdag in Bloemside, oos van Afrika te verseker. Vrystaat weer gaan wen, maar sy het gestem as mense nie stem nie, kan hulle nie kla nie. van Bloemfontein, het gister ook Marque Wilkinson en Lourens Schreuder om die opposisie sterker te kry. Hoewel daar baie mense was wat nog daar sy kwota uitdagings en van Langenhovenpark het aan Bloemfontein Nadia le Roux van Langenhovenpark het onseker was oor vir watter party hulle sou probleme opgelewer. Courant gesê dat hulle gestem het met die van 5:30 af al in die tou gestaan en nog stem, het die gemeenskap oor een ding By tye het die ligte nie gewerk hoop dat dit ’n verskil sal maak en omdat die oomblikke voordat sy sou stem steeds nie saamgestem, en dit is dat hulle ’n Christen wil by die Rooms Katolieke Kerk in land almal se stemme nodig het. Hulle glo dat geweet vir wie sy sou stem nie. “Almal sê ons hê as Suid-Afrika se volgende leier. dié buurt nie. Kiesbeamptes was in ’n stadium bekommerd dat hulle nie met die stemmery sou kon voortgaan nie, aangesien mense gekla het dat hulle nie kon sien nie. The homeless say they remain voiceless Die krag het egter later aangegaan en die stemmery kon voortgaan. Pierce van Heerden [email protected] Anthony Brown, ’n geregistreerde kieser van Bloemside, is weggewys by die Mahlwempu-stemlokaal While most residents in the Mangaung Metro in Bloemside omdat hy sy had the opportunity to vote in the 2019 South identiteitsdokument (ID) verloor het African national and provincial elections and en slegs ’n gesertifiseerde afskrif returned to a warm home, others were not so van sy ID en lisensie gehad het. fortunate. When Bloemfontein Courant went Volgens Brown het dit hom around the metro yesterday, visiting different ontmoedig in sy poging om sy stem voting stations and interviewing voters, uit te bring. “Ek het vandag saam reporters came across a group of homeless met my familie gekom om my stem folk under the Thakaneng Bridge at the vir ’n beter toekoms uit te bring, University of the Free State. maar dit lyk asof ek nie sal kan One of the homeless people, who chose to stem nie,” het Brown vertel. remain anonymous, said that government has Rosie Goodman (56), ook failed her as she has been without a job for van Bloemside, was egter meer years now. gelukkig en kon haar kruisie trek. “I have been without a job and homeless, Goodman het gesê dit is belangrik sleeping under a bridge to keep me warm and om te stem en te weet waar jy in safe. Today I found shelter here from the rain,” die lewe staan. Sy het ook aan she told Courant. According to her, she did Bloemfontein Courant gesê dat not have money to have an Identity Document Homeless people feel government has failed them as they have been without work for years. Some of sy hoop haar stem sal help om issued and therefore could not register to vote. them have found shelter under the Thakaneng Bridge at the UFS. PHOTO: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN die toekoms van Suid-Afrika te When Courant arrived at what the homeless clothes on their backs to keep them warm. regardless of which party wins the elections, verander en sy hoop dat haar call home, these destitute people were found Ironically, while others were voting on the homeless keep on hoping for a better kinders en kleinkinders en ook sitting on a cold concrete slab with merely the Wednesday, hoping for a better future future.

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