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Home Affairs open on 7 May

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Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor, who is also a part of the JCPS cluster, said all Home Affairs offices throughout the country will be open from 7am on Election Day, to enable people to collect their identity documents.

According to Minister Pandor, there are 122 000 uncollected IDs and 23 000 uncollected smartcard IDs.

Home Affairs has 117 mobile offices to provide extra capacity to process applications. All border posts will be open and functioning on Election Day to allow South Africans to come home to vote.

Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said all 155 000 inmates in 242 correctional facilities across the country are registered to vote.

The IEC, working with the Department of Correctional Services, has made the necessary arrangements to ensure that inmates exercise their democratic right to vote.

Special votes will take place on 5 and 6 May. The deadline for applications for special votes is 17 April 2014.

The IEC says 25 390 150 voters are eligible to cast their votes come 7 May. – SAnews.gov.za

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