Last Chance To Register As South Africa Awaits Election Date

Turnout at voter registration centres was low on the last weekend they are open before South Africa's general election later this year, but President Cyril Ramaphosa still draws crowds in his ANC party's stronghold Soweto (Credit: AFP)

South African politicians were trying to mobilise their supporters on Saturday, the last chance for citizens to register to vote before an imminent announcement of general elections.

Thirty years after democracy replaced apartheid rule, this year's election will be seen by many as a referendum on the performance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).