President Jacob Zuma has announced that the next local government elections will take place on August 3.
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, David van Rooyen, will follow the necessary legal procedure to proclaim the date and undertake any other requirements.
Speaking today April 6, Zuma encouraged all South Africans who are eligible to vote, in particular the youth who will be voting for the first time, to register for the local elections during the voter registration weekend (April 9 – 10), as announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
“We urge all those who are eligible to vote to register and those who have not checked their names to do so on Saturday and Sunday, this weekend, so that together we continue to re-affirm and deepen our democracy,” says Zuma.
This is what you will need to register:
- People can register by making an appointment to apply for registration during office hours at the local Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) office responsible for the Springs voting district.
- Always phone first to make an appointment.
- By law, no online or email registrations are permitted.
- Take along your green, bar-coded ID book, a smart card ID or valid temporary identity certificate. No other forms of identification can be accepted.
- Only original documents (no copies) are accepted
- An application form needs to be completed, then the ID book is scanned and a bar-coded sticker is pasted in the ID book.
- Please note that completing the form and receiving a bar-coded sticker or receipt doesn’t mean that you’re registered, it only means that you’ve applied for registration.
- The application must still be processed and may take up to seven working days.
