IEC finishes special voting in Saulsville ahead of election day
Ongoing: Elections Hot
Electoral Commission staff visited homes in Saulsville, Atteridgeville, on Tuesday so that people who could not travel could vote. Main voting day is Wednesday, and the voters who spoke gave very different reasons for how they voted.
At the Bud Mbelle voting station in Ward 63, 38 voters registered for special votes through home visits. The station expects 101 voters to cast ballots.
Elsie Chabane, 91, voted from her home in Ward 63. She said she loves President Cyril Ramaphosa and hopes the ANC will win. She said life has been better since 1994 and that pensioners earn because of Ramaphosa.
Chabane said she gets more than R2,000 a month as an old age grant. She also said Ramaphosa gives unemployed youth R370. Those are her claims.
Lesego Bohola, a wheelchair user in Ward 68, first voted in 1994. She said she wants a house and has lost hope of ever owning one.
Key facts
- Who
- Elsie Chabane (91-year-old special voter who voted at home in Ward 63); Lesego Bohola (wheelchair-bound voter in Ward 68 who first voted in 1994); Cyril Ramaphosa (President of South Africa, praised by Chabane); IEC (election body whose staff conducted special voting)
- When
- 3 November 2026
- Where
- Saulsville, Atteridgeville, Tshwane
- Status
- Reported