Lerato Mbhiza
THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that more than a million South Africans registered to vote for the first time over the past weekend – the last two days for those who were not registered to vote for the 2024 National General Elections.
Of these, over 500 000 people walked into registration stations on Saturday and by 1pm on Saturday, another 564 715 had registered by close of business on Sunday.
The IEC said the Commission recorded 67 200 online registration transactions on Saturday and 34 293 registrations on Sunday. The highest number of South Africans registered to vote were in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
The eagerness and the determination to vote in the upcoming elections was reflected by residents of Dobsonville Ext 3 in Gauteng Soweto who went out in numbers to register, while some skeptics refused to go and register citing disappointments in the ability of
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