After spending the weekend working at a voter registration station, I must confess I am dumbfounded.
On arrival at the registration station – situated in open veld – at 7am I was expecting… something different. I was not on the look out for a brass band or a welcoming drink, but I was also not quite prepared for what awaited me. A rust bucket that may, or may not, have been a bakkie four decades ago was parked in the veld. What was once a white tarpaulin the size of a carport was lying in the dust. Two men using their backs as windshields explained they didn’t have the right poles for the tent.
I was not on the look out for a brass band or a welcoming drink, but I was also not quite prepared for what awaited me.What was once a white tarpaulin the size of a carport was lying in the dust. Two men using their backs as windshields explained they didn’t have the right poles for the tent. By 10.30am the two Electoral Commission of South Africa staff members were set up, seated, and could now – in their official office and tone – tell the waiting crowd their computer system was temporarily offline. Eish.
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