NATIONAL NEWS - In support of the general elections, the Department of Home Affairs will extend operational hours at front offices in a drive to assist eligible voters to collect identity documents they had applied for, or to apply for IDs or temporary identity certificates.
On May 6 and 7 May, offices will extend their operational hours from 16:00 - 19:00 to cater to people seeking access to services on these two special voting days.
This will provide further opportunities for citizens to collect their uncollected documents (08:00 - 19:00).
On election day, May 8, front offices will be open from 07:00 - 21:00, when IEC voting stations close.
When you are in possession of an enabling document like a smart ID card, green ID book or temporary identity certificate you are afforded an opportunity to cast your vote.
Without any of these forms of identification, supplied exclusively by Home Affairs, you cannot vote in South Africa’s democratic elections.
By end of March, the department had recorded 355 257 uncollected smart ID cards and 3 620 green ID books. Gauteng has the highest number of uncollected smart ID cards, at 101 787.
The department appeals to citizens to collect their smart ID cards or green ID books or to apply for temporary identity certificates so they may exercise their democratic right to vote.
Source: Alberton Record.
