The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Deputy Chief Electoral Officer for Electoral Operations, Sy Mamabolo, has urged South Africans to continue visiting their municipal offices to register to vote in the Local Government Elections.

President Jacob Zuma announced the date for the elections, August 3 2016, last month. Mamabolo says South Africans are free to register up until the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs David van Rooyen proclaims the date.

He says so far there is no indication of when exactly the date will be proclaimed.

“We have not finalised consultation with the Minister in this regard, we will issue an alert when a date has been finalised.”

Source: sabc