IEC adds 291 000 new voters as roll surpasses 29 million
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has added about 291 000 new voters to the national voter roll, bringing the total number of first-time voters registered during its June and August registration weekends to 754 000.
Compared to the 2021 local government elections, the two registration weekends contributed 754 332 new voters to the voter roll in preparation for the 2026 local government election.754 000 new registrants “The commission advises eligible voters who were unable to a registration station during the registration weekends to make use of the online voter registration portal before proclamation on Friday, 7 August,” Mamabolo said.
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