Index. The Citizen Online | Home. National 5.5.2014 05.00 pm FILE PICTURE: An IEC official scans a green bar coded ID book at a voter registration center in Melville, Johannesburg, 10 November 2013. Picture: Tracy lee Stark The home affairs department has extended its office hours in the lead-up to and on election day, it said on Monday. The department would open all of its offices across the country on Wednesday from 7am to 9pm in line with voting hours to assist citizens with the voting process, spokesman Lunga Ngqengelele said in a statement. It had already extended its office hours for Monday and Tuesday, from 7.30am to 7.30pm. “Home affairs takes this opportunity to remind members of the public that President Jacob Zuma has declared Wednesday… as a national holiday to allow citizens more time to vote,” said Ngqengelele. “All home affairs officials who will be working on Wednesday… have been afforded an opportunity alongside all other essential services to cast special votes across the country.” - Sapa.
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