Voting in municipal elections proceeded smoothly across South Africa on Wednesday, even in hotly contested districts, where a rising opposition party is hoping to make gains.
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Some minor glitches occurred in parts of Johannesburg and in the far north, including several polling machines that did not function and one station that was damaged overnight in a fire.
Long queues were reported in some regions, but voters generally waited patiently for their turn.
Yes, I waited for almost two hours to vote, but I am so excited, I wish I could do it again,’ said Mathilde, who came with a church group to a school, converted for the day into a polling station, in northern Johannesburg. She proudly declared she had voted in every election since she gained the right in 1994, when white-minority rule, known as apartheid, was ended.
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