Former President Thabo Mbeki has just cast his vote at the Killarney Country Club in Johannesburg.

“Beyond today I think the country needs to get together in a national dialogue,” Mbeki, also a former ANC leader, says after casting his ballot.

“There are too many challenges in South Africa. It’s going to be important that the ANC must renew itself. It has an important role for the future of the country.”

Mbeki was South Africa’s leader from 1999 to 2008.