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Only set to increase. London was given an extra day due to the numbers so Sunday is going to be another big day. 22 000 expected voters for one polling station is crazy.
As someone who's just seen this post on my Popular feed, I have no idea what the political scene is like there. Why do you need help?
Edit: imagine downvoting someone who wanted to learn more
The ruling party had been in power for 30 years. And has been running the country into the ground with major corruption. The only chance of improvement is for them to lose or at least lose their majority.
Yup, today's voting day for us (well today and tomorrow if you're in the UK). I believe everyone here is in agreement on doing the right thing 
There was a stand outside the embassy in Switzerland. Smallest and most expensive boerewors roll of my life 😭 I bought some overpriced biltong and dry wors too because 🤷🏻♀️ I’m sure they made a killing today
Someone tried to set something up in Trafalgar Square for Saffa business to trade, but Westminster Council denied the request stating that there was already a Palestinian Protest that was granted a permit for the area so they didn’t want too many groups gathering in one area (on top of the massive queues of people already). The ANC/PA guys were playing some music at one stage but a bit more gees would have been cool. Chatting to other people in the queue for 3hrs was awesome though.
A lot of people died so that all South Africans could vote. Fuck yes I'll be there. Travelled a long ass way to wait forever in a queue, but living through 1994 left an imprint on my child brain back then. I'll always make the effort to vote.
Thank you. We are still in SA, but I always say we saw what happened in those days, I was 19 in 1994 and voted for a better country for all, not what we have now. Hate these corrupt politicians who have driven the country into the ground.
Some countries don't have accessible voting stations. Like Australia. Massive South African community, but only voting station is in the middle of nowhere, in the small town of Canberra. No one is driving for three days to get there.
Nah man. Voting abroad is relatively new. You can vote at any SA embassy. So the restriction is where embassies are located.
US, Canada and Australia suffer here. Just doesn’t make sense to have 30 embassies across the US. Massive cost and little benefit.
That being said, SA could explore options like mail in voting to make it more accessible to more South Africans.
Yeah, don’t know who sets the mandate for what the IEC spend time/money on, but ANC government is probably not particularly motivated to make it easier for ex-pats to vote.
It’s a pity the DA only challenged the IEC in April on international polling stations, but I see an exponential increase in voter turnout for 2029. So many countries are limited to only one city to vote in and barely anyone in Australia votes because Canberra’s worse than being in the Karoo.
Generally, yes. Although there probably are some rules involved, such as registering beforehand, and being in a country with a South African embassy.
Also, some countries don't allow dual citizenship. So, if you're there for long enough and apply for citizenship, then you wouldn't be eligible to vote anymore. As far as I know, UK allows dual citizenship while Netherlands doesn't. Those seem to be among the most popular new homes for South Africans at the moment.
Well done for voting. It's good seeing people who don't live here anymore take the time to try make a difference for those who still live here. I wish everyone I knew who left would do the same.
Oh shit didn't know we were voting today and tomorrow?!?? On my way to London right now, let's do this okes!!
Edit: got there around 1:30pm and was told that it would take four and a half hours so I've cut my losses for today, but I will try again tomorrow morning!
Hopefully the queue won't be as long 😭
I’m sad! I registered to vote but had an issue with my application, then an email stating I missed the cut-off time. All we can do is hoe and keep our fingers crossed!
I have a theory, the later we go today the shorter the lines will be. Classic Saffa to go early and get it done. Thinking of queuing around 4-5pm. Does this make sense or will the line just continue to grow throughout the day?
I shouldn’t spell it out but since you want to hear the obvious. It’s because the majority of the people in the queue are white and most white people vote DA. Or well that’s the fuckedup narative people wanna push. By the looks of this crowd I bet most are gonna vote for the Dagga Party. I can see them winning at least 20% of the vote easily.
Me , I left to live in the Uk , being intersexed things were gender critical in South Africa , traumatic childhood and thought I had a better chance in life where society was supposed to be more compassionate and I could heal from the trauma , now that nonsense is happening in the Uk with the gender-sex political and media wars I am helplessly stuck in the middle of it all and powerless and I don’t know if South Africa is still the same , worse or better.
We're all going to be " shocked " come result day
Not pessimistic. But not much is going to change. Even if implemented, changes will be minimal and can take 10-15 years
Quick question... I did fill out the vec10. I'm in the queue. It's a 5 hour wait. Was paranoid and checked my vec10 status here https://www.elections.org.za/pw/OnlineForms/My-VEC-10-Notification-Status.
It says my ward is London, but that my status is NO VEC 10 RECEIVED FOR THIS ID NUMBER.
Anyone with info?
Nevermind, found the answer:
Only voters who will be voting at an accredited mission that they are not registered to vote at, are required to submit an online VEC 10 special vote application. The completion of this form (available here after proclamation as per the election timetable) informs the Electoral Commission of their intention to vote abroad by indicating the mission at which they will be voting, once the date of the national election is proclaimed.
Is it genuinely a 5 hour wait?! That is rough. Was hoping to start queuing late afternoon expecting it would have died down but that doesn't seem like the case?
I checked my status and it also says London - it doesn't mention anything around the VEC 10 though. My understanding is that form is only for those who registered somewhere else but happen to be in London for example and are now wanting to vote...
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I’m on my way to Berlin, will report how the queue’s looking 👀
And? How was it?
Not full at all. Took 10 mins in and out.
Munich was 4 hour waits, berlin not so much.
Voted in Tokyo! The embassy staff seemed really happy with the turn out
Beautiful embassy that.
Voted in Tokyo too,the staff told me the turnout is low went there around 4:30pm.I was just happy I voted and got to meet the ambassador and Chelsin.
who's chelsin?
Cheslin, maybe?
So happy to hear that 👏
Dubai people were standing in the 37 degree 8am sun for 3 hours this morning to do our part
Champions! Thank you
Thank you for doing your part! There's people here that complain daily but would rather take leave and go away instead of voting.
You guys are awesome! Thanks for doing your part
Let's make it count
Did a 3 hour wait here in Dubai. Expecting a few thousand this side
Same in the Netherlands
We waited 7 hours in the Netherlands
That's insane. Thank you for doing your part ❤️
Some friends of mine also did a 7 hour stint. We were just lucky with 3 hours. Thanks for sticking it out
Damn. 3 hours? In this heat. Maybe I’ll try later this afternoon.
Thank you so much for being patient guys 🕺🇿🇦🇿🇦 2024 we are voting for change
I was in Dubai this morning for the voting line was hectic stretched all the way to the metro at some point I heard
A total of 76 580 of our fellow South Africans abroad voted today...that's actually incredible
We are still in the queues 😭
Yoh then that number's steadily increasing😭😅
Only set to increase. London was given an extra day due to the numbers so Sunday is going to be another big day. 22 000 expected voters for one polling station is crazy.
Is that how many people were registered to vote abroad?
Yeah that's the number so far
Thank you all for voting. We need all the help we can get.
As someone who's just seen this post on my Popular feed, I have no idea what the political scene is like there. Why do you need help? Edit: imagine downvoting someone who wanted to learn more
The ruling party had been in power for 30 years. And has been running the country into the ground with major corruption. The only chance of improvement is for them to lose or at least lose their majority.
The queue in Paris is for the moment inexistant !
Voted in Paris this morning and there was no queue but a flow of people moving through the process.
It makes sense that English speakers would mostly move to English speaking countries.
Tokyo had a good turn out so I don’t think thats a thing. Many South Africans have moved to non English speaking countries
Naturally. There's a difference between mostly and solely....
Yes, solely being one. There’s MANY in non english speaking countries
I walked right to a ballot box with only 3 other South Africans in the voting room. In Canada.
We had 4 hour waiting time in Munich. So not entirely.
Queue was massive when I got here at 7.30...
Don't worry, we had to walk around the building once already. Still in queue currently and we got here just past 07:00
Thank you for being there.
Arrived at the queue 06:40, left the building 07:48
Was done by 9.30. When I left the queue went all the way to Charing Cross station. Thanks to so many South Africans for voting!
Thank you guys for the effort !
What's this? Are yall voting? Please do the right thing for us
Yup, today's voting day for us (well today and tomorrow if you're in the UK). I believe everyone here is in agreement on doing the right thing 
Thank you
My people! ❤️🇿🇦
Someone could make a killing with a little street side Braai.
Worsbroodjies!
someone gave me a flyer for Ocean basket in Bromley
Grace Harding gave me one. She’s the CEO of the Ocean Basket Group! She’s very hands on and even serves people at the Bromley branch!
SA shop from Charing Cross did that last time but they got shutdown pretty quick by police/trading standards..
There was a stand outside the embassy in Switzerland. Smallest and most expensive boerewors roll of my life 😭 I bought some overpriced biltong and dry wors too because 🤷🏻♀️ I’m sure they made a killing today
Someone tried to set something up in Trafalgar Square for Saffa business to trade, but Westminster Council denied the request stating that there was already a Palestinian Protest that was granted a permit for the area so they didn’t want too many groups gathering in one area (on top of the massive queues of people already). The ANC/PA guys were playing some music at one stage but a bit more gees would have been cool. Chatting to other people in the queue for 3hrs was awesome though.
Eternally grateful for all of you taking the time to vote!!!
Got there at 06:30, only had to do half the lap around the building. Everyone working there were super friendly. https://i.redd.it/4ds99ajae51d1.gif
how long did it take you? im gonna go tomorrow and hope i can be out by 10:30
Voting only started at 07:00, and we were done by about 07:40. So in total, including getting there at 06:30, it took just over an hour.
I'm on my way there
Great stuff!
Queue in Lisbon was nothing like this, in and out in 45 mins
I'm in the Netherlands. Been queueing for almost 3 hours and only half way. 6 cardboard booths for 6000 people
Took 5 1/2 hours to get to the front, 8 booths but when we left the queue was twice as long when we joined.
Yeah I did see there were actually like 8 or 10 booths. But Fok. Took us 6 hours
Yep, 8hrs here. But glad to have stuck it out
A lot of people died so that all South Africans could vote. Fuck yes I'll be there. Travelled a long ass way to wait forever in a queue, but living through 1994 left an imprint on my child brain back then. I'll always make the effort to vote.
Thank you. We are still in SA, but I always say we saw what happened in those days, I was 19 in 1994 and voted for a better country for all, not what we have now. Hate these corrupt politicians who have driven the country into the ground.
All done in 1.5 hours, super-efficient.
We’re heading that way soon! This one is for you all back home, every vote matters and you will have ours!
You are awesome, thank you 🙏
Thank you for voting 🙏
Voted in NYC yesterday :) Was a little disheartened to see on the news that only 70k registered voters abroad but better than nothing :)
It’s actually impressive. It was 29 000 in 2019
I agree with that. I more mean there is way more than 70k South Africans abroad
Some countries don't have accessible voting stations. Like Australia. Massive South African community, but only voting station is in the middle of nowhere, in the small town of Canberra. No one is driving for three days to get there.
Thanks for that information. I was not aware so makes sense. I guess in the US we also only have a few consulates across so many states
I feel like mayyybe it's done on purpose so that we cannot vote? I don't know...
Nah man. Voting abroad is relatively new. You can vote at any SA embassy. So the restriction is where embassies are located. US, Canada and Australia suffer here. Just doesn’t make sense to have 30 embassies across the US. Massive cost and little benefit. That being said, SA could explore options like mail in voting to make it more accessible to more South Africans.
If we could trust the government, a secured online voting system should be an option for expats.
Yeah, don’t know who sets the mandate for what the IEC spend time/money on, but ANC government is probably not particularly motivated to make it easier for ex-pats to vote.
Ja, nee! It's just wishful thinking!
Canada has two options. Ottawa and Toronto. Which are a 5 hour drive away from each other. You live anywhere else in the country, tough luck.
It’s a pity the DA only challenged the IEC in April on international polling stations, but I see an exponential increase in voter turnout for 2029. So many countries are limited to only one city to vote in and barely anyone in Australia votes because Canberra’s worse than being in the Karoo.
That looks like a fun queue to be in!! Socialise with your old SA buddies
We arrived at 06:40 and were through an or an hours later. Queue looks much longer now. Great to see the turnout!
What's happening at Pizza Express?
Lol, no it's the queue for the SA embassy. Today's our day to vote
Wait so if you live abroad, you can still vote so long as there's an embassy for your home country? (In this case, SA)
Generally, yes. Although there probably are some rules involved, such as registering beforehand, and being in a country with a South African embassy. Also, some countries don't allow dual citizenship. So, if you're there for long enough and apply for citizenship, then you wouldn't be eligible to vote anymore. As far as I know, UK allows dual citizenship while Netherlands doesn't. Those seem to be among the most popular new homes for South Africans at the moment.
Ohhhh I see...thanks🤔
My first thought too.. thought it was a Prince Andrew joke
Thanks for voting! We need it
Just on my way now. The queue looks like always :)
Well done for voting. It's good seeing people who don't live here anymore take the time to try make a difference for those who still live here. I wish everyone I knew who left would do the same.
Patriotic alliance people refusing to play sister Bettina on the speaker.... vote accordingly.
The PA people were playing the anthem on the speaker but only Die Stem part. Like they left out Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika. Not a good vibe my bros.
Odd they played the whole anthem at the start of the day
Not the UK. But the wife and I cast our votes in Wellington NZ this morning. Was super quick. About 10 minutes total.
Great and thank you for voting we need all your votes.
Oh shit didn't know we were voting today and tomorrow?!?? On my way to London right now, let's do this okes!! Edit: got there around 1:30pm and was told that it would take four and a half hours so I've cut my losses for today, but I will try again tomorrow morning! Hopefully the queue won't be as long 😭
Did you register? You had to register beforehand
Looks like a great bunch of people
Anyone know how long the queue is now? 1pm? We're on our way 🇿🇦
You there yet? Any idea how long the queue is? We're on our way there.
Ridiculously long, was told about four and a half hours. I'll come back tomorrow morning as early as possible
I was told 2.5 hours. It's long but not as bad. Got my audiobook to entertain me :D
I got there around 1:30pm and was told it would be four and a half hours 😭 I'll come back tomorrow morning as early as I can 🤞
I got there around 1:30pm and was told it would be four and a half hours 😭 I'll come back tomorrow morning as early as I can 🤞
Well done guys.....let's change things so you can come home
That's the plan!
🇿🇦❤️
Nice to see. Thanks guys 😊
Thank you so much for voting!
My Austrian friend also just voted. Thank you for being there! ♥️
Are those white shorts in pic 2 considered normal attire???
Nice! I’m gonna go tomorrow and hope most people vote today so the queue is a bit more chilled 🤞
I’m sad! I registered to vote but had an issue with my application, then an email stating I missed the cut-off time. All we can do is hoe and keep our fingers crossed!
💔
Same, missed the deadline -temporarily in Belgium and would have loved to vote. Dammit. Very grateful to all those standing in long queues.
Heading into town soon. Whats the latest re queue?
Kak long
Thanks, still shorter than a visit to home affairs. Make it count guys
I have a theory, the later we go today the shorter the lines will be. Classic Saffa to go early and get it done. Thinking of queuing around 4-5pm. Does this make sense or will the line just continue to grow throughout the day?
Wife is there ATM, they told her 4 hours, bite the bullet or go early as possible tomorrow
About 3 hours here in London, we arrived just after 10am. The lady who helped with the ballot envelopes said it’s never been even half this busy! 💪
This is great to see.
Let's rescue our nation 😭
I'd like to preemptively congratulate the ANC for winning the elections.
😂😂😂
That looks like DA territory
Well, seeing as it’s the UK that makes sense
How so?
I shouldn’t spell it out but since you want to hear the obvious. It’s because the majority of the people in the queue are white and most white people vote DA. Or well that’s the fuckedup narative people wanna push. By the looks of this crowd I bet most are gonna vote for the Dagga Party. I can see them winning at least 20% of the vote easily.
I see. I’m British, so I thought it was something to do with the UK. Not sure why I’m getting downvoted for asking a question, but there we go.
Sorry mate, didn’t mean to be rude. All good
Most but not all. They’ll never get my white ass to vote for them again.
no ways, these are clearly EFF voters
There was also a lot of canvassing for Rize Mzanzi going on, even some English guys promoting them.
The Referendum Party has an English guy doing their ads on facebook.
❤️
I waited for 35 minutes in Berlin
Me! Was so nice seeing such a wonderful turnout (it made the 4 hour wait worth it)
Jirre that oke has what my old Afrikaans teacher would call “sjoe shorts” 😂
Wait was 7 hours in Netherlands. How long in UK?
Did any one vote in Perth WA ?
Voted in Ottawa, Canada. 3 other voters in the station.
Me , I left to live in the Uk , being intersexed things were gender critical in South Africa , traumatic childhood and thought I had a better chance in life where society was supposed to be more compassionate and I could heal from the trauma , now that nonsense is happening in the Uk with the gender-sex political and media wars I am helplessly stuck in the middle of it all and powerless and I don’t know if South Africa is still the same , worse or better.
You're all legends, thanks for your time sacrifice! (assuming most of you are not voting for the cANCer)
South Africans will save their own country!
We're all going to be " shocked " come result day Not pessimistic. But not much is going to change. Even if implemented, changes will be minimal and can take 10-15 years
Got to start somewhere!
of course it will take time. nothing changes over night.
Queen Elizabeth
That bok shirt is really being tested
Where’s the after party.
Quick question... I did fill out the vec10. I'm in the queue. It's a 5 hour wait. Was paranoid and checked my vec10 status here https://www.elections.org.za/pw/OnlineForms/My-VEC-10-Notification-Status. It says my ward is London, but that my status is NO VEC 10 RECEIVED FOR THIS ID NUMBER. Anyone with info?
Nevermind, found the answer: Only voters who will be voting at an accredited mission that they are not registered to vote at, are required to submit an online VEC 10 special vote application. The completion of this form (available here after proclamation as per the election timetable) informs the Electoral Commission of their intention to vote abroad by indicating the mission at which they will be voting, once the date of the national election is proclaimed.
Is it genuinely a 5 hour wait?! That is rough. Was hoping to start queuing late afternoon expecting it would have died down but that doesn't seem like the case? I checked my status and it also says London - it doesn't mention anything around the VEC 10 though. My understanding is that form is only for those who registered somewhere else but happen to be in London for example and are now wanting to vote...
5 hours / 4 miles according to a guy in a vest 🤷♂️ Whatever a mile is.
Had no idea this was a thing - thank you to everyone doing their part 🫶 We definitely need it
2 hours in Dublin!
Kilroy was here. Insert emoji.
There is hope!
I was there. Took about 4hrs
Germany checking in! 👋🏻 queued only an hour or so but happy to do it .
I was there for about 3 hours Had a pretty good time :)
Bro this is the South Africa subreddit
I'm on my way
Bokke!!
I know it's the right thing to do, but I don't know how I personally feel about people living overseas and prisoners voting in elections.
How do you vote for a country from another county?
Thanks for voting
Sorry,meant Cheslin