Supplementary Voters Rolls

Issued by: Gauteng Provincial Government

Gauteng Local Government and Housing Minister Dan Mofokeng would
like to announce that the compilation of Supplementary Voters Roll
begins tomorrow 11/09/195 until midnight of the 24/09/1995. "This is
an effort to give another change 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 auteng 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 before hand.

Another reason for ensuring that the supplementary voters roll
is compiled is to ensure that:

- The roll should be as local as possible, preferably at
potential voting stations.

- New names will have to be checked against the central roll for
possible duplication.

- Supplementary registration should be allowed as close to the
elections as possible and that it should be accompanied by
widespread publicity.

- 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 during the
second round of registration that ended on the 5th of June 1995
cannot be appointed or nominated as a candidate or be placed on the
party list.

Issued by the Media Liaison Unit: Gauteng Local Government and
Housing Ministry. P.O. Box 4414 Johannesburg. 2000. (011) 457-1111
code 7293.
10 September 1995