{"id":49768,"date":"2026-11-02T15:13:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49768"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:56:55","slug":"voters-not-deterred-by-sa-province-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/voters-not-deterred-by-sa-province-heavy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters not deterred by SA province heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Heavy rain in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal province has not deterred eligible voters from casting their special votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The process started smoothly in Durban on Monday morning, despite the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issuing a Yellow Level 4 warning for heavy downpours and hail over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">More than 2.6 million voters are eligible for special votes nationally, with KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest number of home visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">KwaZulu-Natal has the largest number of home visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Electoral Commission (IEC) if SA officials have started visiting those who can\u2019t go to voting stations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The SAWS has warned that heavy downpours are expected in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The rain could also affect voter turnout, but the IEC says those who were unable to cast their special votes on Monday, can do so on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49769,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-49768","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"More than 2.6 million voters are eligible for special votes nationally, with KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest number of home visits.","published_date":"","news_description":"More than 2.6 million voters are eligible for special votes nationally, with KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest number of home visits.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49771,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49768\/revisions\/49771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}