News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially proclaimed 29 May as the general election date. The proclamation was published in a gazette on Friday morning.

In a statement on Friday afternoon, the Presidency also announced that Ramaphosa had proclaimed the day of the election a public holiday. Ramaphosa noted that the elections would coincide with South Africa's celebration of 30 years of freedom and democracy. Through his spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa urged South Africans to head to the polls in their numbers. “I call on all South Africans to exercise their democratic right to vote and for those who will be campaigning, to do so peacefully within the full observance of the law,” Ramaphosa told citizens.

• Read the full original of a report in the above regard by Amanda Khoza at News24
• Lees ook, Dag van verkiesing amptelik ʼn vakansiedag, by Maroela Media

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