Design of ballot papers are aimed at making it very difficult, if not impossible, to duplicate - design done by Government Printer Printing uses security ink provided to printers. Strict security at printing works for e.g. paper weighed when delivered and again weighed when ballots are completed. Cost - around R10 million for 56 million ballots as opposed to around R25 million for 80 million ballots in 1994. Printing has gone reasonably well despite a very tight time-frame. Some quality control problems have been experienced and cutting and binding has proved to be problematic for the industry.
Issues are, however, being resolved on the run and production is proceeding satisfactorily.