VOTERS GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO REGISTER

JOHANNESBURG Aug 23 Sapa

Potential voters who haven't registered yet are to be given
another chance to do so next month, SABC radio reported on
Wednesday.

Constitutional Development Minister Roelf Meyer said people can
register on supplementary voters' rolls from September 11 to 25.

Registration forms received after the June 5 deadline will also
be included on the supplementary rolls.

Meyer said no further registration will be allowed after
September 25, except for people turning 18 in areas which have been
exempted from holding local government elections on November 1.

Inspection time for voters' rolls will also be extended to
September 25.

Meyer urged people to check that their names appear on voters
rolls.

The Freedom Front said the ministry's announcement amounted to
a "blatant departure from regulations and a misuse of power".

Pieter Groenewald, the FF's spokesman on local government, said
in a statement that it appeared that certain political parties had
become aware of poor registration in certain areas and that they
would fare badly badly because of this.

They were now taking desparate measures to register voters in
these areas.