Ramaphosa happy that citizens are warming up to upcoming elections

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The African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa says he’s happy that South Africans are warming up to the upcoming elections.

He was in Soweto on Saturday to campaign for the ANC during the Electoral Commission’s second voter registration process.

Ramaphosa says citizens have also responded positively to the registration process.

“It’s a good weekend and there’s a lot of enthusiasm. I get the sense that people want to vote and they’ve been asking me, when are we voting. So I think the community and the population is really getting into the voting mood. Once we announce the election date soon everybody will be in top gear so I’m really delighted to have had this time.”

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Meanwhile the Electoral Commission has on Saturday described voter registration process as successful. It was the first day of its second weekend process.

Voter registration at IEC local offices and online will remain open until President Ramaphosa proclaims an election date.

The Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Masego Shiburi briefed the media on progress, “The online voter registration portal recorded over 20 525 transactions. Of those, 7 234 were new registrations. The platform remains available 24-hours a day until the day on which the date of the election is proclaimed by the President. This weekend’s important registration activity comes on the back of two major achievements by the electoral commission.”