‘Elections are running smoothly in Manthestad’


By Obakeng Maje
Taung-The voting stations opened its doors early in the morning on Wednesday for diligent voters who weathered the even weather to cast their vote.

In Manthestad village, Taung voters were seen going up and down some of them being excited while some of youth were just sitting in the sun.

Our crew spoke with various presiding officers in different voting stations and they shared their thoughts.

“We are elated as people are coming out in numbers. There are no challenges so far as everything is running smoothly”said Presiding Officer Grace “MamaG” Setuti-Maje at Kebinelang Middle School Voting Station.

Maje said they expecting more than 700 people.

Nkone Chakane said the voting are smoothly run and even though people are not coming as expected, they still believe they will come later on.

Our crew also passed by Baga-maidi Tribal Authority and found the voting running smoothly too.

“We are expecting more than 1000 people and so fa so good. There are no challenges we encountered” Nthabiseng Bareetseng said.

Most youth did not show conscientiousness with mixed feelings whether to vote or not.

Few of ‘Born-frees’ did not show up as expected, but maybe that will change later on.-TDN
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