The Independent Electoral Commission said that five voting stations, two in the Eastern Cape, were not able to open by 5pm on Wednesday.
This, despite the “best efforts of security agencies, government representatives and the IEC.”
In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, the Electoral Commission said the two voting stations in the Eastern Cape that did not open were in Buffalo City and one in Ntabankulu.
The other three were in Kwazulu Natal.
“Efforts to resolve these and provide voters in these areas with an opportunity to exercise their democratic right to vote are continuing and will continue for as long as is necessary, the IEC said.
“The Electoral Commission is saddened by the lack of respect for democracy and the rights of others in these limited areas and once again calls on these communities to put the national interests of the country above the narrow interests of the community at least for today.”
Eastern Cape Cooperative and Governance MEC, Fikile Xasa, also “decried” the situation in Ntabankulu following a visit to the area on Wednesday.
Xasa said the dispute over a local government councillor had denied 591 people eligible to cast their votes, describing this as “as sad and unfortunate.’
The IEC also confirmed that 15 tent voting stations in Nelson Mandela Bay had been relocated due to inclement weather.
