
Khayelitsha residents braved the long queues and cold weather to cast their votes in the sixth national elections.
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SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - ANC acting provincial leader casted his vote at Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - ANC acting provincial leader casted his vote at Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Ndlovini Informal Settlement in Harare Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Nomonde Mtshotwana the first South African Citizens to cast a vote at Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - IDs being scanned at the Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - A man has a fit and collapsed at the Hangberg voting station.The Rescue team managed to resacitate him .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Nomonde Mtshotwana the first South African Citizens to cast a vote at Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Nomonde Mtshotwana the first South African Citizens to cast a vote at Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - IDs being scanned at the Mandalay Primary voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - A man has a fit and collapsed at the Hangberg voting station.The Rescue team managed to resacitate him .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - A man has a fit and collapsed at the Hangberg voting station.The Rescue team managed to resacitate him .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Young boys in Ndlovini in Harare Khayelitsha playing with ANC posters on top of a container as South African Citizens were standing in the que to cast their vote .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Young boys in Ndlovini in Harare Khayelitsha playing with ANC posters on top of a container as South African Citizens were standing in the que to cast their vote .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Nkanini Informal Settlement in Makhaza Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Young boys in Ndlovini in Harare Khayelitsha playing with ANC posters on top of a container as South African Citizens were standing in the que to cast their vote .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Young boys in Ndlovini in Harare Khayelitsha playing with ANC posters on top of a container as South African Citizens were standing in the que to cast their vote .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - Elderly citizens were transported to and from a voting station in Town Two Khayelitsha this morning.The Rescue team managed to resacitate him .Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)

South Africa - Cape Town - 08 May 2019 - South African Citizens in Ndlovini Informal Settlement in Harare Khayelitsha,standing in the que to cast their vote at The Ark creche voting station this morning.The residents were not detered by the rainy weather from voting,they came in numbers to vote for their political parties.Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency(ANA)
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