Voter registration
450 IEC registration points open in run-up to by-elections
Voting stations opened this weekend to allow eligible voters to register after processes were postponed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Close to 10 million South Africans who are eligible to vote will be a no-show at polling stations because they have not registered.
Head of the Western Cape IEC Courtney Sampson says there were no stations that were not open yesterday, however, adds that there were sporadic incidents in Dunoon and Macassar.
Secretary-General Godrich Gardee says the robust way party leaders deal with matters, will advantage the electorate.
DA Leader Mmusi Maimane says young people suffer the highest unemployment rates in the country, therefore they must register to vote.
Protesting residents have threatened to escalate their protest if IEC officials reopen the voting station in the area.
The IEC says while it appreciates the right to protest, it appeals communities to protest in a way that allows other to register.
The ANC has erected a stall outside a centre at the Cavelleria Primary School in Ward 7, Kraaifontein.
The Independent Electoral Commission will hold the final voter registration weekend between 26 and 27 January.
The IEC is encouraging young people who have not yet registered to do so this weekend and those who have registered before, to change their address online.
Registration will take place from 1 to 4 February at 120 of South Africa's foreign missions, including high commissions, embassies and consulates worldwide.
The IEC gives an update on voter registration.
The commission is in a race against time to verify the addresses of 2.8 million voters before its June deadline.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has made it clear that his government will not allow any form of capture.
Patricia Morrison was accompanied to Elardus Park Primary School by John Moody and Mayor Solly Msimanga to assist her in registering for 2019 elections.
Land remains an emotive issue in South Africa and most of it remains in white hands over two decades after apartheid’s demise.
Voters were unable to get temporary identity documents from the department offices before joining registration queues in several stations across the country.
Provincial electoral head Courtney Sampson says they had to close one of the stations due to intimidation by the community in Gugulethu.
President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the Itireleng informal settlement outside Laudium where he attended a brief church service and conducted a walkabout.