South Africa extends Home Affairs hours before local elections
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sabcnews
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs will open its offices from 8am to 6pm from 2 to 4 November to facilitate applications for and collection of identity documents before the local elections. On election day, 4 November, services will run from 7am to 9pm, spokesperson Ndileka Cola said, according to the SABC.
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs will extend the opening hours of all its offices from 2 to 4 November, from 8am to 6pm, to allow voters to obtain or collect their identity documents before the local elections. The announcement was made by the Department of Home Affairs on Tuesday 27 October.
On 4 November, election day, the offices will be open from 7am to 9pm. Department spokesperson Ndileka Cola said these hours were intended to enable citizens to access the documents needed to exercise their right to vote.
The measure comes as 510 soldiers have been deployed in KwaZulu-Natal ahead of the local elections, according to an announcement published on 27 October. The vote is scheduled for 4 November, a date recalled in the article on South Africa’s preparations for the municipal elections.
