Newton West (Bulawayo South) - By 10am the queue at Jocks polling station was moving very slowly. There were about 400 voters in the queue and 30 had cast their votes. Six voters have been turned away, the reason being that they brought their drivers licenses as identification. Only National identity cards and passports are accepted as identification for this election.

Magwegwe – At Ntshamathe polling station, so far 35 people have voted. The station opened on time. Two voters so far have been turned away, reason being that they are aliens.

Barham Green (Bulawayo South) - At St Francis about six voters have been turned away so far since their names do not appear on the voters roll.

Sizinda - Community Hall polling station, about 50 people had voted by ten and the process is slow with people getting agitated with the process. The voting queue has over hundred people waiting to vote.

Lobengula - Sikhulile B Polling Station, 98 people have voted, six turned down, while one had a photocopy of an Identity and the other five had driver’s licenses. The process is fairly fast.

Pelandaba – Community Hall, 98 have voted and the queue is quite long. Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, the parliamentary candidate, ZANU PF, for Mpopoma Pelandaba constituency visited the station and was seen speaking to voters in the queue, reminding them that there is no parliamentary vote there since the MDC candidate had passed away. The Parliamentary polls will await a Presidential proclamation for a By-Election.

100 people had voted in 1hr 47mins by 0915hrs. Fifteen were turned away, with 10 of them being aliens who are not allowed to vote through electoral laws. The other five names have disappeared from the voters roll. Three of these voters have confirmed that they checked for their names during the last voters roll inspection and their names were there.

Magwegwe - One ZIMRIGHTS observer was turned away from the station for wearing a ZIMRIGHTS t-shirt, however he was allowed back in after Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Lawyers intervened.

Pumula - Methodist Primary School polling station- There is a low turnout of voters with no queue at all.  About 30 people have been turned away as they are not registered to vote in that ward.

Barham Green, Bulawayo South, There was a long queue outside with about 150 voters, 30 turned away as their names did not appear on the voters roll. These people have confirmed that they checked their names in the last voters’ roll inspection exercise.

Pumula - Community Hall at 10am, 128 votes cast, 5 turned away and 5 assisted for visual impairment.

Lobengula - Sikhulile B - 156 had voted by 10.15am, 13 were turned away , 8 for not being on the voters roll, 3 with drivers licenses, 2 had photocopies of the identity particulars.

Nkulumane/Mandwandwe - A mysterious postal ballot box guarded by a police detail has been found at this station and presiding officer cannot give an adequate explanation of how that box got there or what it’s for. ZESN observers as well as political parties who have been alerted about this box have said they know nothing about it.

Mpopoma Pelandaba - by 1pm 46 had been turned away, 12 aliens, 2 with broken identity cards, and the rest whose names did not appear on voters roll even though they are registered voters.

Nketa Mganwini – The voting process has been very slow and polling officers appear to be overwhelmed by the large turnout of voters