Zuma votes as polling held in South Africa elections

In KwaZulu-Natal, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi cast his vote in Ulundi, as did National Freedom Party (NFP) President Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi. Msibi made her mark at the Thengisangaye Primary School -- a school she built.

Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada cast his vote at 8.30 a.m. at the University of Witwatersrand in Parktown.

Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) has been at the helm all throughout.

The ANC, as the persistent fighter against apartheid, holds sway in eight out of nine provinces of the country and is poised to be returned to power in spite of the fact that its popularity is on the wane with the declining image of President Jacob Zuma.