{"id":967372,"date":"2024-05-28T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=967372"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T10:30:50","slug":"n-west-residents-rush-to-collect-ids-ahead-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/n-west-residents-rush-to-collect-ids-ahead-of-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"N West residents rush to collect IDs ahead of elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Many residents in the North West are flocking to Home Affairs offices to collect their iI, enabling them to participate in tomorrow\u2019s general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Home Affairs in the province reported that as of May 24, 2024, there were more than 23 000 uncollected identity documents. Today, some individuals collecting their IDs at the Mmabatho Home Affairs office expressed their eagerness to vote.<\/p>\n<p>One resident stated: \u201cI just came here to collect my ID because I want to vote tomorrow. There is a lot of youth unemployment and potholes here in Mahikeng.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another person said: \u201cI\u2019m here to collect my ID because tomorrow I want to vote so that my voice can be heard. We have a huge issue of unemployment and a lot of corruption is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third individual added: \u201cI\u2019m here at home affairs to collect my ID, to go vote tomorrow because we are struggling, especially with jobs. I want to go and vote tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another resident expressed a desire for change, \u201cI would really like to vote for change in the way that things are going in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rush to collect IDs highlights the residents\u2019 determination to participate in the elections and address the issues affecting their communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024 Elections | People queuing at Home Affairs to collect IDs in order to vote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-0uCdcVvWRg?si=8KoeLNJw9iKm3gVH\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Many residents in the North West are flocking to Home Affairs offices to collect their iI, enabling them to participate in tomorrow\u2019s general elections. The Department of Home Affairs in the province reported that as of May 24, 2024, there were more than 23 000 uncollected identity documents. Today, some individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":967373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895],"tags":[1279,1120,2755,2756],"class_list":["post-967372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2024-elections","tag-department-of-home-affairs","tag-home-affairs-offices","tag-identity-documents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}