"It?s the first time the ANC will put party agents in every single voting station," he said.

Mkhize was addressing journalists at the party?s provincial headquarters in Durban.

The party said it would deploy 17 000 agents throughout KwaZulu-Natal to ensure there was no foul play or problems on election day.

"We want to see everything that's happening....After the election, we don't want to cry foul...that's why we want to ensure nothing happens," he said.

"We are sending party agents and candidates to monitor and pick up on problems straight away."

The African National Congress would also be setting up their own call centre to record "every detail from our people on the ground".

The party?s provincial secretary Senzo Mchunu said the operations room would be linked to every single agent and candidate on the ground.

Any hiccups, he said, would be dealt with swiftly.

Mkhize also cautioned political party leaders not to make statements that there would not be a free and fair election.

"It?s not true. It?s not what we see on the ground?so stop making false statements."

He said the IEC and the police were capable of ensuring free and fair elections.

The chairperson said he was happy that police had been deployed to areas of concern following several clashes between the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party.

Nongoma, Greytown and Msinga were among the hotspots in KwaZulu-Natal.

Mchunu said the ANC was convinced that the elections would be free, fair and peaceful.

He said they were also happy with the identification of hotspots in the province and the work carried out by the security services.

"Grannies and old men no longer have any fears in openly expressing their support for the ANC," said Mchunu.

Both Mkhize and Mchunu said they were convinced their party would be "overwhelmingly" victorious in winning the elections in KwaZulu-Natal.