IT'S a big weekend for Mzansi as people have been urged to visit voting stations and register to vote or check if their names are still on the voter's roll.
KZN ActionSA leader, who is also in the race to be the premier Zwakele Mncwango led by example, on Saturday, 18 November.
He arrived at the Pitlochry Primary School in Westville, Durban to check if their names were on the voters' roll.
The registration started at a low gear at many voting stations in KZN. When Mncwango arrived at around 10.30am, he was only the fourth person to arrive at the station. He came with his wife Lindiwe as well as his daughters Lethi and Mpilenhle.
IEC officials initially didn't allow Mncwango's wife to register, demanding her proof of residence, but the premier candidate resolved the matter.
Mncwango told Daily Sun he had successfully verified his information, and he encouraged all Mzansi people to do the same.
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"I decided to come with my family because I strongly believe everyone needs to make sure that their friends and their family members are also registered because for us to bring change in our country, we must make sure that everyone next to us is registered. I appeal that whoever is going to register this weekend make sure that your family members are also registered," he said.
Zwakele said he picked up some challenges there such as asking someone to get a proof of residence to get registered. He said he dealt with the matter by calling senior IEC management. He said it was concerning that people could potentially be turned back for that.
He further said it was concerning that there were only three people who had arrived before him and when he also checked in with other voting stations, the turnout was very low.
"There are challenges about IEC voting systems. I heard that in other voting stations voters are told that because they are coming to other places, they can't register.
"In this weekend you can register anywhere but the system will allocate you based on your address. People must not be turned away because of that.
"We confirmed that the IEC system can also work offline, but we are concerned that in other places voters are told to fill manually forms because the system is offline," he said
