Joburg voters stream in
2006-03-01 09:20
Johannesburg - Voters were streaming in to polling stations in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning.
In Hyde Park, parking was a battle with cars stretching up and down the streets around voting stations.
Police and Metro Police officers were keeping a watchful eye on proceedings.
Hyde Park domestic worker Mavis Khumalo said she arrived early to get voting over and done with.
Another woman who refused to be named had only one request: "Politicians should just learn to apologise and admit when they are wrong or else they will discourage people from voting for them".
At the IR Griffith Primary School in Blairgowrie, the disabled and pregnant women were ushered to the head of the queue.
Voting was also unhindered in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg.
All eight stations in the area opened on time and voters were streaming in.
A queue had already formed outside the Lenasia Civic Centre.
About a dozen people waited at Linden and the presiding officer at Unika Primary School booth in Robindale, Johan Hoff said: "We expect things to go smoothly."
- SAPA