NATIONAL NEWS - South African residents will cast their votes in the 2016 Municipal Elections this coming Wednesday, 3 August.
Election day is also a national public holiday.
Voting stations across South Africa will open at 07:00 on Wednesday morning and will close that evening at 19:00.
Results are expected to be released in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The Municipal Elections will determine who will govern your town and district council.
For any information, relating to the elections, visit www.elections.org.za.
To confirm that your name is on the voters' roll, and to find out which voting station you're registered at, SMS your ID number to 32810.
Don't know where your voting station is? Find out here.
This year marks 16 years of democratic local government in South Africa.
