To ensure that load shedding doesn't affect voting this general elections, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has procured torches and temporary lighting.
However, talks with Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa are under way in a bid to ensure voting stations are load shedding free.
Provincial electoral officer Michael Hendrickse briefed the Western Cape legislature's Standing Committee on the Premier and Constitutional Matters on Monday morning on election readiness.