The Independent Electoral Commission has not groomed a successor to Pansy Tlakula and the parties want someone who can be trusted to be objective.
President Jacob Zuma has granted IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula’s request for a special leave of absence.
The Electoral Court has recommended that the National Assembly should remove Pansy Tlakula from her position due to misconduct.
Judgment in the case against IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula has been reserved after the court heard she made an "honest mistake".
Five political parties calling for the removal of Pansy Tlakula say the track record of the IEC chairperson could make her inapt for her position.
The Independent Electoral Commission has weathered a storm of criticism to declare the 2014 elections free and fair.
The IEC has responded to allegations of voting discrepancies, saying the worst incidents are a result of corrections being made.
The EFF has marched on the IEC’s provincial operations centre in Gauteng to demand the immediate release of the province’s election results.
The IFP says its supporters held election officials and ANC members hostage after apparently seeing ballot boxes being loaded into a strange car.
A day after the polls, ANC and IEC offices were forced shut after disgruntled IFP supporters allegedly held ANC members hostage there.