Elections 2024: 54% voter turnout at SA’s largest voting station abroad

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Graeme Raubenheimer

20 May 2024 | 7:34

Out of more than 24,000 registered voters in the United Kingdom, London’s Trafalgar Square saw over 13,283 of them voting over the weekend.

LONDON - There was a 54% voter turnout at South Africa’s largest voting station abroad this weekend.

The queue to vote at London’s Trafalgar Square was snaking on Saturday, with South Africans abroad casting their special ballots every hour.

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South African flags flew in the wind above a London crowd sporting Springbok and Bafana Bafana jerseys, and the primary colours of a few of the 70 political parties they got to vote for.

The deputy high commissioner for South Africa in the United Kingdom, Dineo Mathlako, confirmed to Eyewitness News that out of more than 24,000 registered voters in the country, 13,283 did so over three days.

The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) said there were no major incidents reported at the other 110 voting stations abroad.

Now it’s over to the rest of the nearly 28 million South Africans set to make their mark on 29 May.

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