Rubbish blocks the entrance to Johannesburg's Quartz Street voting station. Source: SCP Security
AFRICA
Rubbish From Pikitup Strike Blocking Entrances to Johannesburg Voting Stations
A series of strikes conducted by casual workers of Johannesburg-based waste collection service 'Pikitup' has resulted in masses of trash piling up in the streets of the country's capital. Most peculiarly, the rubbish has amassed outside voting stations, barring those seeking to vote in the country's watershed election from entering.