Thousands of South Africans living in Britain formed long lines outside South Africa House on London's Trafalgar Square on April 15.
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Those who queued past St. Martin's in the Fields church were registered voters who had been given the right to vote abroad by a decision of the country's Constitutional Court.
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The line went around Trafalgar Square and past the National Portrait Gallery...
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... Where the queue at 3pm was as long as it had been at 8am.
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But political party supporters were still enthusiastic to cast their vote.
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Prospective voters discussed the issues of the day in front of George Washington's statue...
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...While Lulu Xapile, a nurse who has worked in Britain for nine years, and Jenny Miller, a Cambridge University student took their final steps towards casting their ballot...
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... Finally reaching the golden springbok outside South Africa House which told them that the long wait was nearly over.
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