By- elections in the Western Cape underway

Mluleki Mrwebi
30 January 2013
The first municipal ward by-elections for 2013 is taking place today in two provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
Ward 22 in the City of Cape Town Municipality will be contested, by the ANC, COPE, DA, NFP and UDM. 
The Independent Electoral Commission said a total of 22 131 voters are registered in the three wards and 18 voting districts where by-elections will be taking place. 
IEC’s Western Cape Spokesperson Courtney Sampson said the voting stations in Belhar opened at 07:00 and they only close at 21:00 this evening.
Sampson added that people are coming in slowly but they are expected to pick up later today.

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