The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) have confirmed the three valid identity documents to vote in 2024. According to the SA Government website, the valid forms of identity documents to vote in 2024 elections are the following …
IDENTITY DOCUMENTS TO VOTE IN 2024
The IEC will accept three forms of official identification to vote in the 2024 General Elections on Wednesday 29 May. These are:
- South African smart card ID.
- Green South African bar-coded ID booklet.
- A valid Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC).
If you’re over the age of 18, you have the constitutional right to vote in South Africa. However, legislation dictates that voters must produce valid identity documents to vote in 2024. In less than five weeks’ time when Mzansi lines up to vote, we all must present valid identity documents so our vote is counted in 2024.
These will be scanned by the IEC’s zip-zip machines, which capture the ID number to confirm the voting district where you’re registered. The zip-zip machine then prints a bar-code sticker confirming the date, time and voting district. An IEC officer will then place this sticker into/onto your ID document as proof of voting.
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN ID?
For those in need of identity documents to vote in 2024, time is running out. However, here’s how you can apply online to speed up the process. Firstly, you must be a South African citizen and 18 years of age or older to vote.
You will need to produce some form of identification to the DHA. An old green-mamba ID booklet (if you have one), driver’s licence or passport all count. If you were born elsewhere, a government-issued foreign identification card and/or passport from that country will also be accepted.
HOW TO APPLY FOR A SOUTH AFRICAN ID
- Simply visit the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) eHome website.
- Click on Apply Online for your identity document.
- Click Go to Registration.
- Fill in all your details, including name, ID number, passport number or birth certificate number, date of birth, email address, and cell phone number.
- Hit Next.
- Upload all the necessary documents (we will list them below).
- Make an EFT payment online. If you don’t have digital banking, visit your bank in-person to make the deposit.
- After payment is confirmed, you must select a Home Affairs branch to provide biometric data. This includes fingerprints and an ID photograph.
THE DOCUMENTS HOME AFFAIRS NEEDS
Anyone in need of identity documents to vote in 2024, must submit the following information (if applicable to you):
- Green ID booklet (if you have).
- Birth certificate for all new/first-time applicants.
- Travel and/or ID documents of the old Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda, or Ciskei homelands.
- Documentation verifying legal guardianship in case of an adopted minor.
- Proof of identification of your parents.
- Your parent’s death certificates (for any or all deceased).
- Proof of address (a utility bill with your name and address on it).
- Permanent resident certificate for those born elsewhere.
- Sworn and signed police affidavit and police case number if your ID has been lost or stolen.
- The cost to apply for a new identity document is R140 (if over the age of 16).
- A Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC) is R70.
HOW TO GET A TEMPORARY IDENTITY CERTIFICATE
A Temporary Identity Certificate (TIC) issued by the Department of Home Affairs to those who have lost or not yet received their ID book follows the same process as a regular ID application. Moreover, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says all permanent and temporary DHA offices will be open on and ahead of Wednesday 29 May’s election day to assist anyone with a TIC, reports SABC News.
The minister confirms, “On election day, all Home Affairs offices will open as long as voting stations are open. Any person who might have a mishap with their ID will have a right to go to any home affairs office to collect a Temporary Identification Certificate.”
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