Despite Western Cape police beefing up security at voting stations in various Cape Flats areas, seven people have been killed in attacks and shootings in a 48-hour period.
Long queues, problems with voter management devices (VDMs) and a shooting on the Cape Flats have been just some of the incidents reported to the IEC on Wednesday.
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Western Cape police had their hands full with separate shootings across the Cape Flats on Monday, which left five people dead and a four-year-old girl seriously injured.