Hlaudi Motsoeneng's African Content Movement, the ‘Purple Cow’ party and the Patriotic Alliance have all failed to get the more than 20 000 votes required so far.

Leaders of the small political parties who intend to contest the legitimacy of this year’s provincial and national elections said they would lodge their legal case against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Friday morning.

The CSIR has a tight deadline to ensure that the quality assessment of the ink used in this year's elections is completed before the election results are released.

Mcebisi Ndletyana said an even more worrying factor in the IEC's electoral process was the fact that the commission’s additional security mechanism, such as the barcode scanner, could not prevent people from voting multiple times.

The parties said they had been sidelined throughout the electioneering process and would now take action against the IEC.

ANC provincial spokesperson Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said in a province prone to xenophobic violence, the IFP ought to be more careful.

Experts speculated that while the ANC would still win the majority of votes when the final tally comes in later this week, the party would be the biggest loser when it comes to numbers.

The Inkatha Freedom Fighters (IFP) said that the legitimacy of Wednesday's vote was questionable and planned to lodge several complaints with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) at a multi-party liaison committee meeting on Thursday morning.

The IEC has confirmed it was investigating two cases of multiple voting brought to its attention after Several political parties lodged complaints, and South Africans took to social media claiming they were able to cast ballots more than once.

Eyewitness News met up with some young people who said they would not cast their votes, despite registering.

The ANC president was speaking to reporters after he cast his ballot at the Hitekani Primary School in Chiawelo, Soweto.

Speaking shortly after he cast his ballot at Hitekani Primary School in Chiawelo, Soweto, Cyril Ramaphosa drew parallels between this year’s polls and the memorable 1994 elections when South Africans of all races voted for the first time.

The pro-Makhado task team that had led the Vuwani community raised another demarcation issue, this time wanting to be incorporated into the Makhado Local Municipality.

The commission said on Tuesday this followed an investigation into a video that went viral on Monday showing an agent helping the official.

EFF leader Julius Malema said that the only way the country would progress harmoniously was if equality was achieved.

Julius Malema launched a scathing attack on President Cyril Ramaphosa and former President Jacob Zuma during a rally on Sunday, where he told EFF supporters in Soweto that the pair should be jailed.

Mpofu said the party would be humbling itself to South Africans as its leaders and supporters celebrate what they said would be a good showing when votes were counted after the 8 May.

Mkhaliphi said the EFF should be able to fill the stadium with 45,000 people emphasizing that supporters will not be bussed in from other provinces.