The Mail & Guardian understands parties are set to receive a presentation on an audit over double votes on Saturday
The 27 parties says the reports of irregularities during voting could not be attributed to "isolated incidents"
The IEC said it would be conducting an audit of votes cast at a sample of voting stations to establish whether double voting did, in fact, occur.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa is conducting an audit of voting stations where individuals may have voted twice
Some 26.7-million voters, 22 924 voting stations, 189 000 volunteers and over 60-million national and provincial ballot papers will be in play
The Electoral commission confirmed in a statement that they have dismissed an official who allowed a party agent to help with moving of special votes
The IEC is also facing a labour dispute, with workers demanding more pay and threatening to down tools on May 8
The IEC announced on Tuesday that only one of the 52 objections it received was upheld
The chief electoral officer’s years of experience will help ensure citizens’ choices are honoured
Kenya and the United States’s recent experiences highlight how outside manipulation can compromise the legitimacy of electoral processes