50,000 Northern Province voter registration forms not processed

PIETERSBURG Aug 1 Sapa

About 50,000 voter registration forms in Northern Province have
not been processed because they were incorrectly filled in by
applicants.

Local government MEC John Dombo said at a Press briefing on
Tuesday there was still time to follow up such cases.

Forms completed before the deadline date, but which were only
now arriving at registration centres, would also be processed.

Although these and several other matters still required
attention, the province would be ready for the November 1 local
government elections.

Huge billboards giving all relevant dates were being erected
throughout the province, Dombo said.

The training of electoral officials and monitors was
progressing well, and particular attention was being given to the
problem of communication systems in remote areas.

Police and Defence Force units would play a crucial role in
this regard.

Dombo said Monday's visit to Pietersburg by Frederick van Zyl
Slabbert and Kehla Shubane of the National Task Group on Local
Elections had highlighted priorities in the province's preparations
for the election.