29 May 2024 Editors Choice 1 Min Read
IN PICS | TimesLIVE photographers captured 10 of the best images from election day
in Politics by TimesLIVE
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife Tshepo Motsepe in Chiawelo after casting their votes on Wednesday.
Image: Thapelo Morebudli
Image: Thapelo Morebudli
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Former president and the current president of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, casts his vote at Ntolwane Primary School in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
As South Africans went out in their numbers to vote on Wednesday, TimesLIVE photographers captured the electorate's mood.
The election was characterised by long, snaking queues and it has been dubbed one of the most important polls since the 1994 democratic elections.
A voter takes part in what has been dubbed the country's most important election since 1994.
Image: Supplied
Image: Supplied
Boitumelo Zulu, 4, looks on as his father prepares to vote at King Dinuzulu Community Hall in Eshowe, northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
Former deputy president Kgalema Motlante is seen voting at the Killarney Country Club, Johannesburg.
Image: Mosala Phillips
Image: Mosala Phillips
EFF president Julius Malema with his wife and EFF member Nelly Hopane take a photo while waiting in line to cast their votes at the Mponegele Primary School in Polokwane.
Image: Kabelo Mokoena
Image: Kabelo Mokoena
Most South Africans have been vocal about their unhappiness about the country's general state, with many demanding that the government urgently addresses socioeconomic challenges such as load-shedding, the weak economy, unemployment, crime and corruption.
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