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South African voters

A voter checks her name on a registration list before casting her vote in national elections April 22, 2009 in Alexandra Township, South Africa. The ruling African National Congress was favored to win the majority of seats in the national assembly during Wednesday's vote. John Moore/Getty Images

 

We've been following South Africa's elections closely and so, of course, we checked in with one of our foreign correspondent divas, Charlayne Hunter Gault, to find out what the mood was and how it all went.

But we could not leave it there. We checked in with two voters -- one of them did not actually get to vote; South Africa does not make it easy to vote if you are outside the country. But we still thought she had interesting things to say.

And, South African wines. You might be thinking. What made them think of that? Well, simple, I went to a wine tasting at the South African embassy (it was a fundraiser for a charter school that a friend of mine supports, so I went even though I don't actually drink a lot of wine) and I thought, how interesting, who knew? ... And what better time to taste some wines than when celebrating an election.

Check out Callie Crossley's blog here.

And here's to you ... Cheers!

categories: More on Politics & Policy

3:01 - April 23, 2009

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