source: Sowetan (South Africa)
actor1: Protesters (South Africa)
actor2: N/A
location: Ka-Muswane
notes: Several voting stations around the country were disrupted by community protests this weekend and could not open on time. The IEC revealed that some of the affected areas included Katlehong in Gauteng, where seven voting stations were disrupted by protests over the installation of prepaid electricity meters. Service delivery protests in parts of Wonderkop in North West, QwaQwa and Harrismith in the Free State, also derailed voter registration. A tent, used as a temporary voting station, was burnt down in Harrismith while another was stolen in Kroonstad. In Vuwani in the Vhembe district, Limpopo, at least six voting registration stations were forced to operate outside school gates after disgruntled community members refused to allow the IEC to conduct registrations inside the schools. A local electoral supervisor, who wished to remain anonymous, told Sowetan that she arrived on Saturday morning to find the gates of Tshivhulana Primary School locked.