About registering to vote
To be eligible to vote in the national, provincial or municipal elections including ward by-elections, you have to register in the voting district where you live. This is important for municipal elections since you can only vote in the voting district where you are registered.
Once you have registered and your details have been verified against the National Population Register, your name will be added to the National Common Voters’ Roll.
To qualify to register you must be:
- a South African citizen
- 16 years or older and in possession of a South African identity document (ID), but you have to be 18 years old in order to vote.
The Voters’ Roll closes for an election on the day that the election date for that specific election is proclaimed in the Government Gazette.