Inmates cast their votes while prison warders keep a close eye on them.
Orange dominated at a voting station in the Durban suburb of Westville, but this was by no means a show of support for any political party. Instead, it was the colour of the overalls worn by most of the inmates.
However, the IEC said on Wednesday that the exact number of actual voters would remain unknown until the process came to an end. One of those prisoners was Velile Lutyeku, who is housed in the maximum-security Medium B section. He had voted in every election since 1994, but given that he was sent to prison"two years and eleven months ago" it was his first ballot behind bars."It's exciting that we are also part of what is happening outside, that we are given a chance to vote even in here," said Lutyeku, who turns 60 on Sunday.
He said that he wanted the victorious political party to focus on giving inmates what they needed to thrive outside of prison once they had served their time.
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