IEC on high alert for disruptions on registration weekend
The IEC briefed the media on Thursday afternoon about its readiness for the registration weekend ahead of the local government elections on November 1.
Councillor candidate meetings, particularly those of the ANC, have been marred by violence in several parts of the country. Just recently, over the weekend, three people attending such a meeting in Inanda, Durban, died following a drive-by shooting. “If you are unhappy about any other process, be it from a political party or from the municipality, or any matter, it does not give you the right to disrupt any process. So, we urge all communities across the country that this is not a process to disrupt, this is about people using their right to vote. This is a constitutional right, and you have no right to interfere with that,” said Mamabolo.
IEC officials would also be making home visits to those people who were either sick, too old or pregnant and could not go to the physical registration sites. Mamabolo said the commission would be providing its staff with the necessary personal protective equipment to give people confidence that “we are not coming to leave any virus in people’s homes”. He said the commission hoped that people would open their homes to allow the officials to serve them.
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