Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abaphuthelwe yimpelasonto yokugcina yokubhalisela abavoti basenesikhathi kuze kube phakathi kwamabili ngoLwesihlanu, mhla ziyi-7 kuNcwaba wezi-2026, sokubhalisela noma sokuvuselela imininingwane yabo yoKhetho Lohulumeni Bendawo luka-2026, ngokusho kweKhomishini Yokhetho Ezimele (IEC). I-IEC iqinisekisile ukuthi izinketho eziningi zokubhalisa, okuhlanganisa i-portal yayo eku-inthanethi kanye nesiteshi esisha se-WhatsApp, zihlala zivulekile kuze kube yisikhathi esinqunyiwe.<\/p>\n
I-IEC inxuse abavoti abafanelekile ukuthi bangalindi kuze kube umzuzu wokugcina, ixwayisa ngokuthi isidingo sesistimu sivame ukwanda eduze komkhawulo. Ukubhalisa noma izibuyekezo zemininingwane zingaqedwa nge-portal ye-Online Voter Registration noma ngokuthumela 'Sawubona' ku-0600 88 0000 ku-WhatsApp. Ukuze uthole usizo olwengeziwe, abavoti bangashayela isikhungo sokuxhumana se-IEC ku-0800 11 8000.<\/p>\n
Izakhamizi zingabhalisa kusukela eminyakeni eyi-16, kodwa yilabo abaneminyaka eyi-18 noma ngaphezulu kuphela abafanelekela ukuvota. I-IEC igcizelele ukubaluleka kolwazi lokubhalisa olufanele, ikakhulukazi kubantu abathuthile, njengoba abavoti kumele bavote esiteshini sabo sendawo esibhalisiwe. Isimo sokubhalisa singabuye sihlolwe ngokuthumela i-SMS ethi 'myID' kanye nenombolo kamazisi ku-32810.<\/p>\n
Ngempelasonto yesibili neyokugcina yokubhalisa ngomhlaka-1 no-2 Agasti 2026, izakhamuzi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.7 zixhumane ne-IEC, cishe ingxenye yokubhalisa okusha ivela kubantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-29. Sekukonke, abavoti bokuqala abangu-291,806 babhalisele kanye nezivumelwano ezingu-485,757 ezazihilela izakhamuzi ezineminyaka engu-16 kuya ku-29. Impelasonto yokubhalisa yangaphambili, eyayibanjwe ngomhlaka-20-21 Juni, yayinokubhalisa okungu-2.9 million.<\/p>\n
Ekhuluma nomphakathi esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, uNgqongqoshe Wezokubusa Ngokubambisana Nezindaba Zendabuko, uVelenkosini Hlabisa, uthe: <\/p>\n
"Hamba uyovotela abantu abazokukhonza. Ngeke kusize ukukhononda uma ungahlanganyeli ekukhetheni ukuthi ubani okufanele abe ngumqashi wakho."<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi ukuthuthukisa omasipala kuncike kubavoti abakhetha amakhansela anekhono.<\/p>\n
Ukhetho Lohulumeni Bendawo luka-2026 luhlelelwe umhla ziyi-4 kuLwezi 2026. I-IEC izokhipha uhlelo lokhetho olusemthethweni ngemuva kwesimemezelo ngoLwesihlanu, umhla ziyi-7 kuNcwaba 2026.<\/p>\n
Ingqophamlando elandelayo ebalulekile yisikhathi sokugcina sokubhalisa phakathi kwamabili mhla ziyi-7 kuNcwaba 2026, lapho kuzophothulwa khona uhlu lwabavoti olusemthethweni lokhetho lwango-2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abafanelekile banesikhathi kuze kube phakathi kwamabili ngomhlaka-7 Agasti 2026 ukubhalisela ukhetho lwendawo, njengoba izinketho ze-inthanethi neze-WhatsApp zivuliwe naphezu kwezimpelasonto eziphuthelwe.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[680,737,50,418,416],"class_list":["post-1002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-2026-local-government-elections","tag-elections","tag-iec","tag-voter-registration","tag-youth-vote"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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