16 000 officers for Gauteng poll stations

At least 16 000 law enforcement officers will be spread across Gauteng to ensure peaceful elections.

Johannesburg - At least 16 000 law enforcement officers would be spread across Gauteng to ensure peaceful local government elections on Wednesday.

Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane on Tuesday, said risk assessments have been done across the province’s 2763 voting stations.

“There are over 16 000 law enforcement officials who have been deployed at the various voting stations. An additional 1 143 officers have been deployed to high risk areas,” Nkosi-Malobane said on Tuesday.

Premier David Makhura said voting day belonged to South African voters.

“The political parties have done their work, tomorrow [Wednesday] belongs to voters, they have the final say,” Makhura said.

Makhura, Nkosi-Malobane and provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Deliwe De Lange visited the provincial IEC results centre in Auckland Park earlier.

Tuesday marked the end of the casting of special votes.

African News Agency