Changes affecting wards in Bedfordview and Edenvale

Residents will have the opportunity on March 5 and 6 to register for the 2016 Local Government Elections at their correct voting stations.

Changes have been made to various wards by the Municipal Demarcation Board.

The following changes has thus been made:

•  Ward 18 (no change)

Residents of ward 18 can register to vote at the Edenvale Community Centre (Edenvale / Edenvale Avenues south of Hendrik Potgieter Street and portion of Eastleigh), Trinity Presbyterian Church (Hurlyvale and Elma Park), Edenglen Primary (Edenglen, Isandovale, Sebenza) and the AGS Church (Illiondale, de Klerkshof, ClarensPark).

•  Ward 19 (Saheti School Voting District transferred to Ward 20)

Residents of ward 19 can register to vote at Dunvegan Primary School (Dunvegan and Dowerglen (Glendower) including extensions south of Linksfield Road), Edenvale High (Dowerglen Exts 3 to 5), Edenvale Bowling Club (Marais Steyn Park, Edenvale Ridge and Edenvale Avenues north of 12 th Street), New Day Church (still referred to as Eastside Community Church by the IEC) (Edenvale Avenues north of Hendrik Potgieter and south of 12th Street) and Eastleigh Primary School (Eastleigh Ridge and Eastleigh).

•  Ward 20 (Saheti School transferred from ward 19 and Wychwood Primary and Primrose Hill Primary transferred to ward 36)

Residents of Ward 20 can register at Saheti School (St Andrews, Senderwood, Bedford Park and Essexwold), Cornerstone Church (Morninghill and North Western Bedfordview), Bedfordview High School (Bedford Gardens, Malvern East), Bedfordview City Hall (Oriel and Central Bedfordview ) and Bedfordview Scout Hall (Eastern Bedfordview).

•  Ward 21

Only the Stanley Road tent temporary voting station from the current ward 21 remains.

•  Ward 36

Residents of ward 36 can register at Sunnyridge Primary School (Meadowbrook, Rietfontein, Solheim, portion of Symhurst and Meridean), Laerskool die President (portion of Symhurst, Fishers Hill, portion of Primrose West of Wannenburghoogte), Primrose Primary School (Dawnview, Primrose West), Primrose Hill Primary (Primrose Hill and Simmerfield), Wychwood Primary School (Wychwood) and Germiston High School (Summerfield, Driehoek, South Germiston Extensions, Rand Airport and Elandshaven).

•  Ward 92

Residents of ward 92 can register at J A du Plessis Hall (Highway Gardens, Buurendal, Harmelia and extensions of these suburbs), Dries Klopper Hall (Klopper Park), Sizwe Secondary School (Elandsfontein), Laerskool Oosterkruin (Sunnyrock, Gerdview North, Sunnyridge), Ithemblihle LSEN School (Gerdview South, Wannenburghoogte and Primrose East / Primrose South) and Goudrif High School (Homestead, Marlands and Woodmere).

For a reminder about how the registration weekend captures your details, visit the website https://selfcanvass.da.org.za/#/welcome

Registration details are as follows:

•  A person can register to vote in South Africa if they:

Are a South African citizen;

Are at least 16 years old (you can only vote from age 18);

Have a green, bar-coded identification (ID) book; smartcard ID; or valid temporary identity certificate (TIC).

•  Apply for registration during office hours at the local Electoral Commission office responsible for your voting district or register to vote on special registration days (often called registration weekends, of which one is scheduled for 5 and 6 March 2016).

If you would like to register at your local Electoral Commission office, always call first to make an appointment, as nearer to an election electoral staff are often out of office to conduct voter education in their communities.

•  By law, you must apply in person (no online or email registrations are permitted) and you must bring your valid green, bar-coded ID book, or smartcard ID, or even a temporary identity certificate (TIC).
•  No other forms of identification are accepted (not even passports or driving licences). Only original documents – no copies – are accepted. Please note that no proof of residence is required.
•  During municipal elections and by-elections, you must vote at the voting station where you are registered, and you must register in the voting district in which you live most of the time. If you are already registered as a voter, and you have recently moved or you realise that you will be living in another place on Election Day (for example, if you are a student), you must go back to a registration point and fill in a form to change your registration details. You will then be moved to the correct voting district and your name will be put on the voters’ roll for that district. To find out where your correct voting station is, visit https://maps.elections.org.za/vsfinder/
•  If you have been informed that your voting district boundaries have changed, you may need to re-register in another voting district. To find out where your correct voting station is, visit https://maps.elections.org.za/vsfinder/