{"id":1020,"date":"2026-08-07T09:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:48:47","slug":"hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/uhlabisa-ucela-abavoti-ukuba-babhalise-phakathi-kwamabili-phakathi-kwamalungiselelo-okhetho\/","title":{"rendered":"UHlabisa Ucela Abavoti Ukuba Babhalise Ngaphambi Kwamabili Phakathi Kwamalungiselelo Okhetho"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNgqongqoshe Wezokubusa Ngokubambisana uVelenkosini Hlabisa unxuse bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abafanelekile ukuba babhalisele ukuvota ngaphambi kwamabili mhla ziyi-7 kuNcwaba 2026, ngaphambi kokumemezela kwakhe ngokusemthethweni usuku lokhetho lohulumeni basekhaya lwango-2026. UHlabisa ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokubamba iqhaza kwentsha futhi wagcizelela ukuthi leli yithuba lokugcina lezakhamuzi ezingabhaliswanga lokuqinisekisa indawo yazo ohlwini lwabavoti.<\/p>\n

Isikhalazo Esiphuthumayo Sokubhaliswa Kwabavoti<\/h4>\n

Ekhuluma ngoLwesihlanu, uHlabisa uthe, \u201cLokhu kuzoba yisimemezelo sami sokugcina ngaphambi kokuba uhlu lwabavoti luvale phakathi kwamabili namuhla ebusuku. Kubo bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika, abancane nabadala, abangazange bahlole isimo sabo kwiwebhusayithi ye-IEC noma bavakashele amahhovisi e-IEC, ningakwenza lokho namuhla ngaphambi kokuba amahhovisi avale. Abantu akumelwe balinde umzuzu wokugcina, ikakhulukazi hhayi intsha yethu.\u201d Ngokusho koMnyango Wezokubusa Ngokubambisana, isikhathi sokugcina sokubhalisa sinquma labo abafisa ukuhlanganyela okhethweni lomasipala oluzayo.<\/p>\n

Izicelo Zokhetho Oluphephile Ngemva Kokudubulana KwaseThekwini<\/h4>\n

Ukuphuthuma kokubhalisa kuza njengoba ukungezwani kwezepolitiki kuphakama ngemuva kokudutshulwa kwekhansela le-ANC eThekwini ngomhlaka-6 Agasti, ngesikhathi ikhansela lisiza amalungu omphakathi ehhovisi lakhe. UHlabisa ugxeke lesi sigameko futhi wagcizelela isidingo sendawo yomkhankaso enokuthula, ethi, \u201cI-SAPS kanye nazo zonke ezinye izinhlaka zomthetho zikulungele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi sakha indawo ezoba mahhala, evulekile, futhi eqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabantu bethu. Kuyadabukisa kakhulu okwenzekile izolo. Omunye wabameleli bethu bomphakathi udutshulwe emini eThekwini. Ngifuna ngempela ukudlulisa amazwi enduduzo futhi ngifuna ukunxusa noma ngubani onenkinga nanoma ubani. Ukubulala umuntu akuxazululi inkinga.\u201d<\/p>\n

Izikhulu ze-IEC ziphinde zathi abavoti bangahlola futhi bavuselele imininingwane yabo yokubhalisa emahhovisi e-IEC kuze kube phakathi kwamabili. Umphumela walo mkhankaso wokubhalisa uzothinta ngqo ukwakheka kohulumeni basekhaya futhi ekugcineni uzobumba ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo emiphakathini yaseNingizimu Afrika.<\/p>\n

Usuku lokugcina lokhetho kulindeleke ukuthi lumenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni nguHlabisa ngomhlaka-7 Agasti 2026. Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika balinde ukuqinisekiswa njengoba amaqembu eqinisa amalungiselelo awo okhetho.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNgqongqoshe uHlabisa unxusa abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abafanelekile\u2014ikakhulukazi intsha\u2014ukubhalisa ngaphambi kosuku lokugcina oluphakathi kwamabili, ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa kosuku lokhetho luka-2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[786,134,787,785,418],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-2026-local-elections","tag-ethekwini","tag-political-violence","tag-velenkosini-hlabisa","tag-voter-registration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHlabisa Calls On Voters To Register By Midnight Amid Election Preparations - MK Party<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/uhlabisa-ucela-abavoti-ukuba-babhalise-phakathi-kwamabili-phakathi-kwamalungiselelo-okhetho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hlabisa Calls On Voters To Register By Midnight Amid Election Preparations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister Hlabisa urges eligible South Africans\u2014especially the youth\u2014to register before the midnight deadline, ahead of the 2026 election date announcement.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/uhlabisa-ucela-abavoti-ukuba-babhalise-phakathi-kwamabili-phakathi-kwamalungiselelo-okhetho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MK Party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T07:48:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/uMkhonto-Wesizwe.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Siphiwe Khaya\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Siphiwe Khaya\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Siphiwe Khaya\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/9f56905371434eb29146240baa3cb283\"},\"headline\":\"Hlabisa Calls On Voters To Register By Midnight Amid Election Preparations\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-07T07:48:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-07T07:48:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"2026 Local Elections\",\"EThekwini\",\"Political Violence\",\"Velenkosini Hlabisa\",\"voter registration\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"zu\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/hlabisa-calls-on-voters-to-register-by-midnight-amid-election-preparations\/\",\"name\":\"Hlabisa Calls On Voters To Register By Midnight Amid Election Preparations - 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