JOHANNESBURG - Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo expects Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to gazette the local government election date next month.
Mamabolo addressed the house of traditional leaders ahead of the August voter registration weekend.
''After the second registration weekend on the 1st and 2nd of August, we anticipate that the Minister of Cogta, Velenkosini Hlabisa, will proclaim the election date. What the President has done was merely to announce the date. It has not as yet been legally proclaimed."
Mamabolo said they expect the minister to proclaim on 7 August.