The carparks were full around the "Dome" stadium in Johannesburg's northern suburbs. It was the Democratic Alliance Party's final pre-election rally and supporters descended in their thousands.
From the adjacent shopping centre carpark, African music and political slogans belted out.
Inside the stadium, waves of people in blue "DA" (Democratic Alliance) t-shirts swayed to African beats. When politicians spoke they sang, cheered and screamed.
The loudest and most passionate adulation was saved for the final speaker, Presidential candidate and party leader Helen Zille. She sang and danced before supporters, before delivering her final pre-election address.
"It is time to send the ANC a very clear message and the only way to do this is with your vote!"
But she was preaching to the converted.
The theme of the rally was creating jobs, but scathing criticism of the African National Congress (ANC) and its leadership dominated the addresses. Those we spoke to in the crowd were quick to cite ANC corruption as a catalyst for their DA support.
"We are tired of seeing the unemployed walking the streets and we want an end to the ANC government and how they steal money on an ongoing basis. We are tired of corruption," one woman told SBS.
Discontent with the ANC and continuing allegations of corruption against President Jacob Zuma has spawned new parties.
'ANC has lost touch with young voters'
Aspiring journalist Kabelo Seshebe says the ANC has lost touch with young voters, saying: "They want to always splurt that Aparteid thing in our face and say we fought for your freesdom. These are things South Africans acknowledge and it's tiring. It's a new struggle out here I'm not fighting with any white person I don't find the need to sing comrade songs - it's a new struggle econonomically, socially every young person is aspiring to be something."
On the eve of the election, she's joining the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters, an ultra-leftist economic reform party which has campaigned for the the nationalisation of South Africa's mines and Reserve Bank
Party organiser organiser Leigh-Ann Mathys is confident the EFF's policies will make a difference to people's lives, telling SBS: "I would love to see passionately kids growing up in an environment where they are able to get proper nutrition regardless of where they born or who they're parents are."
New parties take strong anti-corruption stance
Agang South Africa is another relatively new party taking a strong anti-corruption stance.
It was formed by anti-Aparteid campaigner Mamphela Rampele, and actually merged with the Democratic Alliance a few weeks ago - but the union collapsed after just a few days.
Candidate Phillip Sterne will contest the election on behalf of Agang, and says government corruption has become the prevailing election issue.
"We are arguing for a 15 year mandatory sentence for any politician found in a corrupt relationship - we wan't to restore credability back to government," he says.
The governing ANC holds eight of South Africa's nine provinces.
The result of Wednesday's election is expected by week's end.
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