RESPONSE TO THE ENQUIRY ON THE REGISTRATION OF MS SENKUBUGE

30 November 2019

Centurion – The Department of Home Affairs is the custodian of the country’s

citizenship. The Electoral Commission on the other hand is responsible for compiling
and maintaining the voters’ roll. In compiling and maintaining the voters’ roll, the
Electoral Commission verifies the details of applicants against the National Population
Register (NPR). Only holders of identity numbers that are accorded citizenship status
on the NPR are entered into the voters roll.

This verification process is supplemented by monthly updates from the NPR in order
to account for persons who are deceased, those who have recently attained
citizenship and those who have either renounced or lost it. This ensures that the voters
roll is in the constant state of accuracy.

In the context of the processes outlined above, the Electoral Commission confirms
that Ms Senkubuge was verified as a citizen and thus placed on the voters roll. It is
on this basis that she was able to contest as a candidate in the 2016 general elections
of municipal councils.

ISSUED BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Ensuring free and fair elections

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