Elderly woman dies in voting queue south of Durban
An elderly woman collapsed in the queue at the Shallcross Primary School voting station on election day on Wednesday. She was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital, a presiding officer of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) confirmed.
Election observer Pretty Jwarah described the incident. She said people in the queue gave the woman water and that she called the woman's daughter, who came to the station.
Jwarah also claimed that no ambulance came. She said the family took the woman to hospital in an Uber car instead. This claim comes from one person and the IEC did not confirm it.
Key facts
- Who
- Pretty Jwarah (election observer); Independent Electoral Commission (electoral body; presiding officer at the voting station confirmed the incident)
- What
- An elderly woman collapsed in the queue at the Shallcross Primary School voting station south of Durban and was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital, according to the IEC presiding officer who confirmed the incident. An election observer described the incident and said they were shocked and saddened.
- When
- 4 November 2026
- Where
- Shallcross Primary School, Shallcross, Durban
- Status
- Reported