Vuwani residents attend soccer tournament on Election Day
Updated | By Maryke Vermaak
It is still very calm in Vuwani where voter turnout has been, as expected, significantly lower.
![Soccer tournament Vuwani_jacanews](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/soccer_tournament_vuwani_jacanews.width-800.jpg)
Residents here protested against the Municipal Demarcation Board's decision to incorporate them, along with Malamulele, in a new stand-alone municipality.
Chief Livhuwani Matsila from Ha-Matsila village in Vuwani said they've had about 21 people at a voting station where over 1000 registered voters were expected.
Community members, who decided not to vote, have gathered in the area for a local soccer tournament.
Residents said they would rather attend the soccer match in silent protest rather than voting for a municipality they do not want to be part of.
#Elections2016 #Vuwani Football tournament underway.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) August 3, 2016
MV pic.twitter.com/jYQaIiDPjL
#Elections2016 #Vuwani Soccer tournament underway - people say they'd rather be here than vote.
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) August 3, 2016
MV pic.twitter.com/YtRcvHljyd
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