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King of de Jungle
Elderly and disabled voters were escorted to the front of the queues in Pretoria on Wednesday as voting kept up a steady pace at the Pretoria Country Club in Waterkloof.
Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) officials helped Georgina Nhlapo, 73, a fifth-time national and provincial voter, to the front of a busy queue and aided her in casting her vote within minutes of arriving at the polling station.
"I am very happy that I could be helped to the front," Nhlapo said after making her way out of the polling station and back towards her vehicle, accompanied by her daughter Sophie.
"I am a gogo and it makes a big difference for me. I was sick just last week and I was scared of the long wait in the cold. Now I can go home happy and relaxed."
Sophie said she was helped directly after her mother and did not have to wait at the back of the queue.
"A very pleasant vote," Sophie said.
"I did not have to leave my mother alone, I could go straight in and do my thing.
"I don't mind waiting and I would have waited like everybody else, but I did not want to leave my mother alone."
Shortly after Georgina and Sophie departed, Dennis Wood, a 45-year-old disabled man in a wheelchair arrived and was immediately helped by an IEC official who pushed him up the ramp and to the front of the queue.
"The whole thing has been fantastic," Wood said after emerging from the polling station.
"I always have a worry when I have to go to a place I don't often frequent, but the voting people have done a great job.
"In total, it took me six minutes to cast my vote... fantastic!"
Source : Sapa /pvr/fg/jk
Date : 07 May 2014 10:13
Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) officials helped Georgina Nhlapo, 73, a fifth-time national and provincial voter, to the front of a busy queue and aided her in casting her vote within minutes of arriving at the polling station.
"I am very happy that I could be helped to the front," Nhlapo said after making her way out of the polling station and back towards her vehicle, accompanied by her daughter Sophie.
"I am a gogo and it makes a big difference for me. I was sick just last week and I was scared of the long wait in the cold. Now I can go home happy and relaxed."
Sophie said she was helped directly after her mother and did not have to wait at the back of the queue.
"A very pleasant vote," Sophie said.
"I did not have to leave my mother alone, I could go straight in and do my thing.
"I don't mind waiting and I would have waited like everybody else, but I did not want to leave my mother alone."
Shortly after Georgina and Sophie departed, Dennis Wood, a 45-year-old disabled man in a wheelchair arrived and was immediately helped by an IEC official who pushed him up the ramp and to the front of the queue.
"The whole thing has been fantastic," Wood said after emerging from the polling station.
"I always have a worry when I have to go to a place I don't often frequent, but the voting people have done a great job.
"In total, it took me six minutes to cast my vote... fantastic!"
Source : Sapa /pvr/fg/jk
Date : 07 May 2014 10:13