Issued by: Ministry of Home Affairs
MEDIA RELEASE BY THE DEPUTY MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS, MS LINDIWE SISULU, MP
5 MARCH 1999
The Department of Home Affairs is positively encouraged by the massive turnout at registration points throughout the Eastern Cape rural areas, Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, said, speaking from a Home Affairs mobile unity at Flagstaff.
The announcement of the election date has brought eligible voters out in their thousands and Home Affairs is increasing its capacity accordingly. Sisulu refuted press statements that the Department of Home Affairs was not meeting the target.
The Deputy Minister is in the Flagstaff and Lusikisiki area, giving personal attention to areas where eligible voters have turned out in scores to utilise the last registration drive to get their names on the voters role.
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