This was a strong message delivered by police minister Bheki Cele in Pretoria today.
In Vuwani, Limpopo, some residents have declared that no voting would take place in the area.
“We will continue to deal decisively with the so-called ‘no go’ areas; all voting station will be accessible to all,” Cele said. He said even though those that wanted to engage protests had rights to do so however those rights should not infringe on others that want to vote. “Those rights shouldn’t infringe on rights other South African that want to practice their Constitutional rights of voting... no police will stop any legal and peaceful protest.”
Meanwhile, the home affairs department has appealed to thousands of South Africans who were still to collect their ID cards piling at their offices nationwide to collect them so that they could be able to vote.
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