South African Elections - Voting in London, April 2009
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Photo 1 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfricaThousands of South Africans living in Britain formed long lines outside South Africa House on London's Trafalgar Square on April 15. -
Photo 2 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfricaThose 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. -
Photo 3 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfricaThe line went around Trafalgar Square and past the National Portrait Gallery... -
Photo 4 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfrica... Where the queue at 3pm was as long as it had been at 8am. -
Photo 5 of 8Credit: DABut political party supporters were still enthusiastic to cast their vote. -
Photo 6 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfricaProspective voters discussed the issues of the day in front of George Washington's statue... -
Photo 7 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfrica...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... -
Photo 8 of 8Credit: Tim Allen/AllAfrica... Finally reaching the golden springbok outside South Africa House which told them that the long wait was nearly over.
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