Minister Hlabisa urges South Africans to register before the proclamation of the local government election date [SOUND]

# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has urged all eligible South Africans to register and verify their voter registration details before the proclamation of the local government election date on Friday. The final voter registration weekend saw 1.7 million citizens either visiting registration stations or using the online voter registration portal. The department’s spokesperson, Pearl Maseko-Binqose, says the proclamation and gazetting of the election date will result in the closure of the voters’ roll for the elections: