# The Electoral Commission chairperson Mosotho Moepya says vote counting will begin immediately after polls close next Wednesday evening, emphasising that transparency is one of the key factors in delivering fair elections. More than 23-thousand voting stations will be used across South Africa. The IEC has declared its national results operation centre in Midrand, Gauteng, ready. Moepya says all counting will take place where voting has taken place, and no ballots will be moved outside the voting stations:
IEC says no ballots will be moved outside the voting stations [SOUND]
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