Elderly voter dies after collapsing at KZN voting station
Elderly voter dies after collapsing at KZN voting station bombeleni_temp Thu, 11/05/2026 - 13:05 An independent Electoral Commission (IEC) presiding officer carries a ballot box. AFP/Emmanuel Croset DURBAN - An elderly voter in Shallcross, Ward 72, reportedly collapsed while waiting in the voting queue on Wednesday. The voter was rushed to hospital but later died. KwaZulu-Natal IEC Provincial Electoral Officer Ntombifuthi Masinga conveyed her condolences to the voter’s family on Thursday.

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Elderly voter dies after collapsing at KZN voting station bombeleni_temp Thu, 11/05/2026 - 13:05
An independent Electoral Commission (IEC) presiding officer carries a ballot box. AFP/Emmanuel Croset
DURBAN - An elderly voter in Shallcross, Ward 72, reportedly collapsed while waiting in the voting queue on Wednesday.
The voter was rushed to hospital but later died.
KwaZulu-Natal IEC Provincial Electoral Officer Ntombifuthi Masinga conveyed her condolences to the voter’s family on Thursday.
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