Registering For The Next Election

Jet, March 22, 1999

South African President Nelson Mandela receives assistance from officials of the Independent Electoral Commission as he registers to vote during a three-day voter registration drive in Johannesburg. The drive is claimed by the government to be the final chance for eligible citizens to register as voters in the forthcoming elections.

Mandela recently told Parliament that South Africans will go to the polls June 2 to choose his successor. Mandela's announcement, which permits political parties to launch their campaigns, comes five years after the euphoric 1994 elections that ended apartheid.