 Article 19(3) of the 1996 South African Constitution states that ""Every adult citizen has the right - a) to vote in elections for any legislative body established in terms of the Constitution..."".No law provides voting rights for non-citizens.Up to 1996 article 6 of the 1993 South African Constitution stated that ""Every person who is-
(a)(i) a South African citizen; or (ii) not such a citizen but who in terms of an Act of Parliament has been accorded the right to exercise the franchise; (b) of or over the age of 18 years; and (c) not subject to any disqualifications as may be prescribed by law, shall be entitled to vote in elections of the National Assembly, a provincial legislature or a local government and in referenda or plebiscites contemplated in this Constitution, in accordance with and subject to the laws regulating such elections, referenda and plebiscites"".