Voter registration for upcoming municipal by-elections in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal took place this weekend.
On 14 June, residents in the Eastern Cape’s Ward 5 in Kou-Kamma and Ward 2 in Port St Johns will take to the polls to elect new councillors.
Moreover, residents in KwaZulu-Natal’s Ward 2 in Umvoti will join them.
These by-elections come after the previous incumbents in Ward 5 in Kou Kamma and Ward 2 in Umvoti both died.
The former councillor in Ward 2 in Port St Johns, meanwhile, resigned.
The voter registration process kicked off on Saturday without incident.
It ran for two days before wrapping up on Monday.
Those wishing to apply to cast special votes, meanwhile, can still do so.
They can submit their applications at their local Electoral Commission of South Africa offices from the 29 May until the 2 June.
-EWN
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