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- Polling stations opened at 7am (05:00 GMT) and officially closed at 9pm (19:00 GMT) but people already in line were allowed to vote after closing.
- South Africans voted in national and provincial elections that could test the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) 30-year rule.
- Seventy parties competed for votes, and a coalition government looks like a possibility for the first time since the end of apartheid.
- Initial results are expected within hours of polls closing, and the election commission will announce the final results on Sunday.
- After the vote, the new National Assembly will choose the next president from among its members.