Comunidados de Imprensa

VOTING DATE: 18 MAY 2024

  1. The Embassy wishes to remind South Africans registered to vote, that voting is scheduled to take place at the South African Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, 18 May 2024. Starting from 07:00am until 07:00pm. (Not 17 May as originally announced). 
  1. Please note that the South African Embassy in Lisbon, is the only voting station in Portugal to vote.    
  1. Upon arrival at the Embassy on 18 May, eligible voters are only required to provide either their South African bar-coded identity card/document or a valid temporary identity certificate, when voting abroad.
  1. Please note passports are not required.
  1. Please note that elderly persons, persons with physical disabilities and pregnant women, registered to vote, will be given preference upon arrival at the voting station.
  1. Those registered voters travelling from outside of Lisbon and using public transport, please be informed that the closest metro stations to the Embassy are “Parque” and “San Sebastiao” stations.
  1. No parking will be allowed in front of the Embassy.

Any further information received from the IEC regarding the voting day of 18 May 2024, will continue to be placed on the Embassy’s website page and on our Facebook page.

Please continue to monitor these sites.