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DA leader Helen Zille cast her vote in Cape Town on Wednesday shortly after 9am to cries of "look up, look up," from a swarm of photographers and cameramen.
Minutes earlier, Zille had been standing near the back of a long queue of voters waiting patiently along the road behind St Paul's Church in Rondebosch.
The voting station is in a hall off the church's parish office.
But, with a plane to catch to Port Elizabeth at 10am, her minders moved her to the front of the queue where Zille asked voters if they minded, in view of her schedule, if she went in ahead of them.
The voters, including many students from the nearby University of Cape Town, obliged after making her pose with them for photographs.
Inside, after hearing the call from photographers, Zille looked up and grinned as she pushed her provincial and national ballot papers into the two boxes positioned in the centre of the room.
Earlier speaking to journalists outside the venue, Zille said the 2014 elections were extremely important.
The Democratic Alliance was also looking ahead to the next election and the one thereafter.
"The election is a platform to be able to change government peacefully," Zille said.
Asked how she thought her party might do in the polls, she said: "We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one."
Zille is set to fly to Port Elizabeth where she said she was "expecting a big improvement" in the DA's performance in that province.
Source : Sapa /rod/jlb/hdw/jje
Date : 07 May 2014 09:53
Minutes earlier, Zille had been standing near the back of a long queue of voters waiting patiently along the road behind St Paul's Church in Rondebosch.
The voting station is in a hall off the church's parish office.
But, with a plane to catch to Port Elizabeth at 10am, her minders moved her to the front of the queue where Zille asked voters if they minded, in view of her schedule, if she went in ahead of them.
The voters, including many students from the nearby University of Cape Town, obliged after making her pose with them for photographs.
Inside, after hearing the call from photographers, Zille looked up and grinned as she pushed her provincial and national ballot papers into the two boxes positioned in the centre of the room.
Earlier speaking to journalists outside the venue, Zille said the 2014 elections were extremely important.
The Democratic Alliance was also looking ahead to the next election and the one thereafter.
"The election is a platform to be able to change government peacefully," Zille said.
Asked how she thought her party might do in the polls, she said: "We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one."
Zille is set to fly to Port Elizabeth where she said she was "expecting a big improvement" in the DA's performance in that province.
Source : Sapa /rod/jlb/hdw/jje
Date : 07 May 2014 09:53
