Intelligence Structure News Today

To bring more stability in KZN ahead of the coalition decision, the police have added more boots on the ground

Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili said intelligence was received on a daily basis and hourly there is a situation report presented on intelligence.

Almost 3 000 additional officers, SANDF deployed in the province for 5. 7 million registered voters.

South Africans will have until 9pm on Wednesday to make their voice heard and cast their vote in the seventh democratic elections. Voting was off to a good start on Wednesday with no serious incidents reported by 10am.

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure launched the aerial patrollers from Mayfair on the morning of the elections.

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and the head AUEOM, visited polling stations today as South Africa's general elections commenced.

The commanders said all boots would be on the ground and eyes in the sky to monitor hotspot areas and the whole of Gauteng.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) was on Wednesday forced to rope in thousands of counting officers prematurely to help them mitigate long queues at the voting stations.

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise says a " fit-for-purpose deployment plan" has been put together, based on threat and crime pattern analysis.

Political tensions soar as ANC members are accused of murdering two MK Party members, raising concerns about election violence.