DRAFTING GAUTENG SUPPLEMENTARY VOTERS' ROLLS BEGINS MONDAY

JOHANNESBURG Sept 10 Sapa

The compiling of supplementary voters' rolls for November's
local government elections would begin in Gauteng on Monday and
continue until midnight on September 24, MEC for local government
and housing Dan Mofokeng said on Sunday.

In a statement in Johannesburg, he said: "This is an effort to
give another chance to the six million South Africans who for some
reason could not register as voters, to ensure that their names
appear on the supplementary voters' rolls of their respective
wards.

"The Gauteng government would like to encourage everyone in the
province to re-check and make sure that their names are on the
supplementary voters' rolls if they are not on the voters' rolls
that have already been compiled.

"This is a call in which we appeal to all our people who have
furnished incomplete addresses and identification numbers in the
previous registration period to furnish correct and complete ID
numbers. Local authorities have been instructed to ensure that
registration points are made known to the public as a matter of
urgency.

"A number of problems could be overcome if there is very
localised further registration. Among them are:

- "The process for displaying and inspecting voters' rolls has
not been accessible to most voters and in some areas mistakes were
found on the roll;

- "Possible conflict, tension and violence around voting
stations on election day will be minimised if very few voters are
turned away for not registering beforehand."

Mofokeng said new registrations would have to be checked
against the central roll for possible duplications.

"Supplementary voters' rolls will not affect the present
delimitation of wards and the nominations of candidates and party
lists. This means that anyone that failed to register durig th
second round of registration that ended on June 5 cannot be
appointed or nominated as a candidate or be placed on the party
list."