Cape Town - A better voter registration turnout in the Western Cape was expected later in the day after the second day got off to a slow start.
Independent Electoral Commission officials at the Civic Centre in Cape Town said that they were set to be busy as over 500 people were expected to register there by the end of the day.
They said that Saturday's turnout was encouraging as 76 people registered and others came to check their names on the voters' roll.
"After 5pm, we are not going to turn away anyone as long as they have been in the queue," said one of the officials.
Andrea Haabroek, 22, who came early to register for the first time at the centre, said that she hoped to vote in order "to keep things the way they are."
Haabroek, who has just moved from the Free State, said that she wanted to see roads being maintained.
Lida-Marie, 22, who also registered for the first time said that she was going to vote in order to bring about change.
At Observatory Junior School, officials said that Saturday had been quiet, with less than 18 people registering.
They said that most of the people in the area were student-based and were likely to register in the second round of voter registration if one is held.
At Salt River Town Hall, officials said that less than 20 people registered on Saturday, with three coming to re-register.
One of the officials, who declined to be named, remarked that the low turnout was due to lack of advertising.
At Woodstock Town Hall, an official said that 26 people came through to register and check their names on the roll on Saturday.
Of that number, about 10 were young people, highlighting that the rest were people from the old age homes, added the official.
"It was a surprise to see that few youngsters came through ... I think it (registration process) was not well advertised. We might be a bit busy today," he said.
A mid-morning visit yesterday to some of the stations by BuaNews in neighbourhoods such as Gugulethu, Nyanga, Philippi, Khayelitsha and Wynberg reflected a slow start to the process.
Some of the stations hoped for an improvement later yesterday and for the rest of today.
The Wynberg regional Home Affairs office said that they would be open again until 5pm to allow people to collect their ID books.
The IEC provincial office had not responded by the time of publication, after being contacted for yesterday's overall registration figures and their expectations today.
