Youth turnout lauded

JOHANNESBURG “Young persons in the age category 16-29 account for 402 401 of the new registrations which is 91 per cent,” said Mamabolo on Monday. “The commission is pleased to report that over 1.7 million voters registered during the special twoday registration weekend. “Persons registering as voters for the first time were 433 198. This accounts for 25 per cent of the total registration activity.” Mamabolo said that voters who were re-registering in the same or changed voting districts accounted for 1.277 811 applications, with more women registered than men.