Protests flare up as South Africa votes

President of South Africa and the African National Congress Cyril Ramaphosa at a past function. He cast his vote for the general election on May 8, 2019 at the Hitekani Primary School in Soweto, Johannesburg. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Sporadic protests flared up in South Africa as the country’s citizens took to the polls on Wednesday for the sixth democratic elections.

Voting stations opened at 7am and will only close at 9pm to allow the 26.7 million registered voters to cast their ballots for the national and provincial elections.