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Explainer | All you need to know about voting in the 2024 national elections

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The new ballot allows independent candidates to get a seat in the national assembly. (PHOTO: Lefty Shivambu)
The new ballot allows independent candidates to get a seat in the national assembly. (PHOTO: Lefty Shivambu)

It’s off to the polls we go again on 29 May – almost 30 years and a month to the day we voted in the first democratic elections.

Things will be a little different in the voting booth this time: we’ll get three ballot papers instead of two and we can cast votes for independent candidates who aren’t part of any political party.

Still confused about exactly why there’s a three-ballot system? We try to unpack what it all means.

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