Extended Voter Registration Ends

However, there was not that much of a hype indicating that indeed it was the last day of registration. Almost all the polling stations the Monitor visited had no one coming to register. Most of the polling officers were either deep asleep or chatting among themselves. The polling officers said that usually more people came in the evening after knocking off from work.

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) public relations officer (PRO) Osupile Maroba said that the IEC has managed to achieve its target number because in the first registration alone, which ended on March 31, they managed to register more than 70,000 voters.