South Africans are alarmed at a video doing the rounds on social media with the claim it shows Mozambicans being “imported” to vote in the country’s May 2024 elections. But Mozambique also goes to the polls in 2024 and the video shows a Mozambican voting registration drive for Mozambicans living within South Africa.
“MOZAMBIQUE CITIZENS IMPORTED FROM THEIR HOMES TO COME AND VOTE FOR ANC IN UPCOMING MAY ELECTIONS,” reads the copied-and-pasted caption for a video going viral on WhatsApp and Facebook in South Africa in April 2024.
Mozambique borders South Africa to the northeast. Migrants from the country, and elsewhere in Africa, into South Africa have long been targets of anti-migrant sentiment and xenophobic violence. Many migrants come to Gauteng province in the northeastern part of the country and South Africa’s economic centre.
Inside the building we see people in similar blue vests at tables with laptops and other electronic equipment, and a crowd waiting in chairs. But does the video really show Mozambicans “imported” into South Africa to “vote for ANC” being “processed” for “voting cards ID cards”?First, South Africa’s voter registration drive ended on 23 February, the day the election date was announced.
The CNE and STAE logos on the man in the video’s blue vest belong to Mozambique’s Comissão Nacional de Eleições and Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral . The STAE is responsible for voter registration under the supervision of the CNE.On 30 March, CNE-STAE launched a cross-border voter registration drive with the aim of registering the 200,000 Mozambican citizens living in South Africa.
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