IEC welcomes positive response to final voter registration weekend [SOUND]

# The Electoral Commission says South Africans responded positively to the final voter registration weekend ahead of the local government elections in November. A preliminary report shows that KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest number of voter registration transactions, followed by the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. During the first voter registration weekend held on 20 and 21 June, over three million registration transactions were recorded. IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo says hopefully minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, will proclaim the election date soon: