CAMPAIGN UPDATE – 07 November 2018: We have been informed that our Private Members Bill asking for better access to voting abroad, including more voting stations, is currently before the Home Affairs portfolio committee for review. You can help them decide to support this PMB by signing our ... Read more about DA Introduces Private Members Bill to Make Voting Abroad Easier
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DIRCO Confirms Overseas Voter Registration is Open
The DA Abroad welcomes the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s (DIRCO) recent instruction to South African missions abroad, to allow South Africans living overseas to register to vote for the upcoming National Elections. YOUR VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. REGISTER ... Read more about DIRCO Confirms Overseas Voter Registration is Open
DA Abroad Challenges Requirement for Passport when Voting Overseas
The DA Abroad welcomes the recent reply to a parliamentary question by DA Deputy Chief Whip, Mike Waters, that the then Minister of Home Affairs, Ayanda Dlodlo was considering scrapping the requirement to produce a passport when voting abroad as it is the DA’s view that this is discriminatory ... Read more about DA Abroad Challenges Requirement for Passport when Voting Overseas
South Africans abroad! Register to vote for Total Change in 2019
The National Election in 2019 will be our country's most important vote since 1994, and South Africans abroad can play an important role in ensuring real change for our country. For millions of South Africans, we will have to make a choice. Ultimately South Africans will choose whether we ... Read more about South Africans abroad! Register to vote for Total Change in 2019
DA Abroad Welcomes the IEC’s Consideration to Increase Overseas Voting Stations for 2019
The DA and DA Abroad continue to pursue improved access to voting for South Africans living abroad, a key issue being the lack of voting stations where South Africans live around the world. In November 2017, the DA's Deputy Chief Whip, Mike Waters, asked the South African Minister of Home ... Read more about DA Abroad Welcomes the IEC’s Consideration to Increase Overseas Voting Stations for 2019
Fake News Correction: The Green SA ID Book is Not Expiring
It has come to our attention that there are images being shared on social media, similar to the one below, stating that the South African green bar-coded ID book will be expiring. This information is false and has been disputed by the Dept. of Home Affairs. In response to this fake message ... Read more about Fake News Correction: The Green SA ID Book is Not Expiring
Don’t lose your South African Citizenship. Read this BEFORE Applying for Foreign Citizenship
Many South Africans unwittingly lose their South African citizenship when they apply for citizenship of another country. This can be quite a traumatic experience, especially if you only discover this some time after acquiring foreign citizenship. In terms of Section 6 of the Citizenship Act, ... Read more about Don’t lose your South African Citizenship. Read this BEFORE Applying for Foreign Citizenship
South Africans protest against Bell Pottinger for spreading racist propaganda in their media
Today, the DA Abroad and UK-based South Africans held a picket outside of the PR agency, Bell Pottinger, in London. This follows revelations that the UK-based firm spearheaded a racially divisive propaganda campaign in South Africa on behalf of South African President Jacob Zuma and his corrupt ... Read more about South Africans protest against Bell Pottinger for spreading racist propaganda in their media
DA to Picket outside Bell Pottinger offices tomorrow
"Sowing racial divisions in our country, which will have lasting implications on the social fabric of our society, cannot be allowed to stand." - Phumzile Van Damme MP (DA Shadow Minister of Communications) Read full Press statement [+] Here Tomorrow, 14 July 2017, the DA Abroad will picket outside ... Read more about DA to Picket outside Bell Pottinger offices tomorrow
Campaign for Overseas Voter Rights Continues Ahead of 2019
With less than 700 day to go the DA Abroad, together with our DA colleagues in South Africa, have already been working to improve overseas voter access ahead of the South African National Elections in 2019. South Africans living abroad can vote in National Elections, however this is not an easy ... Read more about Campaign for Overseas Voter Rights Continues Ahead of 2019