INDEPENDENT Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) CEO Sy Mamabolo announced on Friday that the commission was looking at the possibility of having two registration weekends for the 2024 national and provincial elections, which he said might be held on August 5, 2024, with the earliest date being May 8, 2024.
He said analysts were predicting the 2024 elections to be a “watershed election”, and were calling for it to be well managed.
“If this is the case, this means that the preparations for and administration of this election must be well done, so that whoever emerges victorious can claim their victory without the loser saying they lost because of the poor management of the electoral processes,” said Mamabolo.
The last national and provincial elections were held on May 8, 2019.
Mamabolo explained that two registration weekends would maximise the opportunity for people to register and that it would also allow voters an opportunity to amend their details on
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