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in the exam alexandra township which you can see here housing here quite small other people many other people living in shacks it's not a wealthy area this is the entrance to the polling station political parties are allowed to set up a desk here so that they can check their own members in their register so this is the desk for the ruling african national congress they've been in power every election since one thousand nine hundred four and this is the desk still being set up for the opposition economic freedom fighters who are small but rapidly rising opposition party as we go and you can see the people who've come. to vote the people here for at least an hour to two waiting in line. for democracy in south africa which definitely is a legacy let's go get closer we can all look at some of these people a legacy of how hard it was for people to win the right to vote here the struggle for democracy against white minority rule went on for generations and since one thousand nine hundred four people have consistently reelected the african national congress but its vote share has steadily dec

and let alexandra and the township industry. to yak so in this election only about three quarters of eligible voters have registered to vote and of course not all of them are going to turn up but over the coming days as the ballots are counted up we're going to find out quite how high or low that turnout has been the n c is expected to stay in power and to keep its majority according to the opinion polls but he's expected to win with a small. majority than it's ever had before. a christian woman who spent eight years on death row in a blasphemy case has left the country. she's headed for canada six months after her acquittal by back assad's supreme court the verdict led to protests in parts of the country baby was originally convicted in twenty turn of to be accused of insulting the prophet muhammad during a fight with neighbors. while a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast a popular shrine in the city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers were killed victoria gate

in the township of alexandra in johannesburg where the housing in this area is quite school or in poor condition other people in this area live in shacks made of high unemployment it's not. area the people at this polling station which is in a school since before the polls opened you can have a little walk around historically there's been quite some enthusiasm for voting in south africa since it became a democracy in one thousand nine hundred four and one of the key reasons for that is the legacy of apartheid that came before it and the hard struggle that was fought over generations for people to have the right to vote many people were killed the democracy eventually came in one thousand nine hundred four initially a very high voter turnout but that turnout been steadily decreasing ever since the a.n.c. is one every election all six of them but also its vote share has steadily decreased . please kill me past this to show people in the polling station thank you just take a look inside. one of the key reasons that the a.n.c. is vote share and the turnout has decreased. for the successive

in the township of alexandra just down the road from a polling station is another one just up the road. but this township has been one of the hot spots for protests ever since the early two thousand but it was a series of protests just in the last month or so leading up to the election residents here been complaining for years about poor housing poor delivery of public services low employment and over successive elections here in south africa the first a turnout has been increasing also the ruling a.n.c. . has been steadily decreasing the turnout has been going down one election after the next the people in this township won't be going to the polling station today and with me is one of them thomas. who's not voting today you told me that your parents were involved in the struggle for democracy but you don't want to vote now . because ever since my parents voted for our well we were still kids and they voted for us for the freedom. and we go ahead and off it everything changed and things are still the same like around me you see this is still the same people are voting for nothing i thi

well we're in the township of alexandra in johannesburg where the housing in this area is quite small or import condition other people in this area live in shacks made of iron sheets it's high unemployment it's not a wealthy area to be in people at this polling station which is in a school since before the polls opened you can have a little walk around historically there's been quite some enthusiasm for voting in south africa since it became a democracy in one thousand nine hundred four and one of the key reasons for that is the legacy of apartheid that came before it and the hard struggle that was fought over generations for people to have the right to vote many people were killed and democracy eventually came in one thousand nine hundred four and initially a very high voter turnout but that turned out it's been steadily decreasing ever since the a.n.c. is one every election all six of them but also its vote share has steadily decreased. please kill me past just to show people in the polling station thank you just take a look inside. one of the key reasons that the a.n.c. is vote sha

well the polling station that is in the township of alexandra can see some of the neighborhood down here housing here is small it's those that don't houses live in shacks made of iron sheets high unemployment it's not a wealthy area it's a polling station here inside a school political parties are allowed to set up a desk outside the polling station so they can monitor their supporters and members in the area see if they voted so this one's for the ruling african national congress they've been in power ever since one thousand nine hundred four and it was created by the party was credited with ending white minority rule and then another party here the economic freedom fighters is an opposition party founded six years ago it was a breakaway from the a.n.c. they have risen very rapidly change the course of south african politics by using their handful of parliamentary seats to disrupt proceedings hoping to get a bigger vote share this time let's come into the polling station you can see people lining up here to vote people came early they were here people here at least an hour before the po

definitely not for others in the township of alexandra. you can see the some of the neighborhood here typically people living in quite the conditions for housing a lot of people don't even live in houses they live in shacks made of metal sheets and ever since the early to thousands have been protests. against the government you see the government is being very poor at delivering public services but similar protests have been seen in townships across south africa since about that time there was actually a spike in the protests here in alexandria coming up to the election you're one of the reasons why there's some police here. small. disputed and keep voting to the police stepped in. not sure exactly what happened to the police quick to step in and try and break it up. the government said it would deploy extra police in the hot spots where there have been spikes in protests recently. and alexandra is definitely one of those areas for a couple of hours this morning there was a police helicopter circling above the township where people have co

we're outside a polling station in the township of alexandra in johannesburg not a wealthy area a lot of people in this area live in housing small not in good condition many others live in shacks made of iron sheets side this polling station political parties set up desks are allowed to do this to make sure that their members. come to support and this is the desk for the ruling african national congress the a.n.c. which has won every election in south africa since it became a democracy in one thousand nine hundred four but it's vote share has steadily declined over the course of those elections as has voter turnout some policemen here a couple of police cars we've seen not every polling station we've been to receive a protest in this area recently the protests over seas poor the livery of public services actually began in the early two thousand and have been seen in townships all across south africa ever since but in the lead up to this election there's a whole series of protests here in alexandra and for the last hour or so this morning has been a police helicopter circling above kee