It's D-day to have your say — South Africans get in line to make their mark

Voters queue to cast their ballot in Alexandra, Johannesburg, at 7.44am. (Photo from Hot 102.7 chopper: Julia Evans)

Inmates queue at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. (Photo: Reuters / Esa Alexander)

President Cyril Ramaphosa and first lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, vote at Hitekani Primary School in Chiawelo, Soweto. (Photo: Jairus Mmutle / GCIS)

Good party leader Patricia de Lille votes at Pinelands Primary School in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / ER Lombard)

Former president and deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe votes at the Killarney Country Club in Johannesburg. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sharon Seretlo)

Former president and deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe after voting at the Killarney Country Club in Johannesburg. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sharon Seretlo)

A woman on her way to vote in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. (Photo: Reuters / Rogan Ward)

The voting station at Riverside College in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Misha Jordaan)

Voters at Sivuyiseni Primary School in Khayelitsha. (Photo: Shelley Christians)

A woman outside a voting station in Eshowe, northern KwaZulu-Natal. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Sandile Ndlovu)

A voters leaves a voting station in Eshowe, northern KwaZulu-Natal. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Sandile Ndlovu)

The queue at Sivuyiseni Primary School in Khayelitsha. (Photo: Shelley Christians)

A cardboard cutout of President Cyril Ramaphosa greets voters at Sivuyiseni Primary School in Khayelitsha. (Photo: Shelley Christians)

Voting under way at Sivuyiseni Primary School in Khayelitsha. (Photo: Shelley Christians)

Western Cape premier Alan Winde casts his vote at Jan van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Ziyaad Douglas)

Former KwaZulu-Natal premier Sbu Ndebele votes at Northwood Boys High School in Durban. (Photo: Gallo Images / Darren Stewart)

DA leader John Steenhuisen – with his daughter, Caroline (16) – votes at Northwood Boys High School in Durban. (Photo: Gallo Images / Darren Stewart)

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba casts his vote at the Sandton Fire Station. (Photo: Supplied)

People warm up before the voting station opens in the Woolf informal settlement in Ekurhuleni. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)

Election day in Seshego, Limpopo. (Photo: Reuters / Alet Pretorius)

Deputy President Paul Mashatile prepares to cast his ballot at the St Johannes Lutheran Church in Johannesburg. (Photo: Gallo Images / Lubabalo Lesolle)

Residents of Villa Liza in Ekurhuleni queue to vote. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)

Nonkosi Ngindane (62) at the Luleka Primary School voting station in Harare, Khayelitsha. 'I like this thing (voting). Us 1961 people couldn’t vote. So I’m excited when it’s time to vote because I can vote,' she said. (Photo: Shelley Christians)

A cardboard cutout of ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa waves next to a campaign tent at Mahlanhle Primary School in Ga Mahlanhle, Limpopo. (Photo: Reuters / Alet Pretorius)

A Villa Liza, Ekurhuleni resident votes. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)

Election staff prepare a Johannesburg polling station as voters arrive. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Kim Ludbrook)

People queue to vote at Mahlanhle Primary School in Ga Mahlanhle, Limpopo. (Photo: Reuters / Alet Pretorius)

People queue in Johannesburg's Hospital Hill township. (Photo: Reuters / Ihsaan Haffejee)

• Photo selection by Joyrene Kramer, sourced from the Daily Maverick elections team and wire agencies.