Pretoria - The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) responsible for the national general elections will today visit KwaZulu-Natal, which has been identified as one of the “hotspots”, ahead of May 7.
Lead by Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa, the team will try to stabilise, certain parts of the province ahead of the general elections.
The ministers will visit Kwa-Mashu and proceed to Wembezi, KwaZulu-Natal. The areas have become notorious for politically-motivated violence over the past years.
“The visit is aimed at ensuring that there is peace and stability in the country and that public order is restored. Government has the responsibility to ensure that a climate for free and fair elections exists in the country on the 7th of May 2014,” Acting Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) CEO, Harold Maloka said.
Maloka has reiterated that government will not tolerate any form of violence, intimidation, incitement, public disorder, vandalism or intolerance in the country.
South Africans take to the polls on 7 May 2014 for the fifth national general elections.
Special votes
South Africans, who wish to apply for special votes for the upcoming elections, have until 5pm today to do so.
A special vote allows a registered voter, who can't vote at their voting station election, to apply to vote on 5 and 6 May.
All registered voters - including the elderly, people with disabilities and those who cannot be at their voting district on Election Day, can apply for a special vote.
There are two categories of special votes -- home visits and special voting at your registered voting station. Election officials will visit voters who have successfully applied for a home visit due to physical infirmity, disability or pregnancy. – SAnews.gov.za
