ELECTIONS-ETVL

NELSPRUIT July 20 Sapa

Revision court to rule on Nelspruit voters' roll

A revision court will next week address the issue of 500
duplications and 1800 late registrations on the voters' roll for
the Nelspruit Transitional Local Council.

Nelspruit voters' roll officer Eugene Neumeyer said the TLC
would not remove any of the 500 duplications unless ordered by the
court, African Eye News Service reported on Thursday.

Similarly, the court would have to authorise the inclusion of
1800 late applicants.

If the applicants were accepted, more than 82000 people would
have registered for the elections in the greater Nelspruit area,
giving the TLC a 75 percent registration rate.

Neumeyer said although boundaries and wards had still not been
finalised and would have to be ratified by the court, he did not
believe demarcation would be a problem in the region.