President Jacob Zuma is highly impressed with the good conduct and maturity displayed by political parties during their election campaigns. Zuma‚ who spoke after voting in Nkandla‚ said the political tolerance shown during the campaigning has placed the country among the most democratic countries on the continent."The campaigning itself shows the maturity of citizens‚ as well as political parties‚" he said.async"Parties behaved very well…of course‚ there is robustness. I think everything went well. There were no major issues.Live results, cool maps, fierce battlegrounds: follow the local elections on our web app:http://bit.ly/2apwZKU"I want to believe that South Africa‚ on the continent of Africa‚ is one of the countries which is in the leading position in terms of maturity of our democracy.”Zuma urged South Africans who were reluctant to vote to exercise their right to participate.“As the president of the country‚ I would say to all citizens: to vote is important. And I was impressed this morning‚ as I looked at the news‚ that even in areas of our country where it is very cold citizens are out in numbers to vote."I am urging people who are still at home to go out and vote. Because sitting at home is not helping.“If you want this country to develop you have got to use your vote as an instrument to help your country to move forward. Whatever choice you make‚ your vote is important‚" he said...