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Local and international observers have called South Africa’s 8 May 2019 general elections free and fair, and have described it as “pivotal” for democracy in the country, the Government Communications Information System (GCIS) reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“Both local and observer missions from the continent have described the 2019 National and Provincial elections as free and fair,” the report said.<\/p>\n
This despite objections from at least 27 small and mainly new political parties, several of whom have called for a rerun of the elections and immediate action from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), according to media reports.<\/p>\n
“The observers have described Wednesday\u2019s Election Day as the most pivotal since the country\u2019s dawn of democracy in 1994”, GCIS said.<\/p>\n
GCIS news agency, SANews reported that the president of Maleta Motse Africa Community Authority, Micheal Kotsokoane, on Saturday said they the observers were happy with how the elections were conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe elections went well. We are satisfied with the manner in which the elections were conducted,\u201d he said, adding however that in future the IEC must deploy more observers.<\/p>\n
Chairperson of the African Marketing Global Empowerment and Projects, Alain Matundu, told SAnews they were pleased by the manner in which the elections were conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe congratulate the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for hosting these elections so well,\u201d Matundu said.<\/p>\n
CSIR Researcher, Dr Ndumiso Cingo, who earlier said they had confidence in the IEC said: \u201cThe IEC has a good track record of hosting the elections.<\/p>\n
– African News Agency (ANA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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