The IEC is one of 36 public organisations worldwide to receive the UN Public Service Award for its innovative use of a results slip scanning.
The Independent Electoral Commission is expecting only 40% of the voter turnout, a lower percentage to the 2006 local government.
With just 131 071 votes counted by midnight on Wednesday, the ruling party had 55,76% of the vote for wards and the DA came in at 33,48%.
Cope looks set to present a serious headache to the IEC as it prepares for the local government elections, scheduled for May 18.
In the final tally, the African National Congress dominates the National Assembly but misses its two-thirds majority by an inch.
The African National Congress (ANC) will retain its two-thirds majority, according to an Ipsos-Markinor poll published on Tuesday.
The IIEC will announce the list of final candidates in upcoming elections only after the Electoral Court has ruled on the eligibility of candidates.
The Electoral Court will decide on the eligibility of election candidates who do not appear on the voters’ roll, the IEC head said on Monday.
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/ 21 September 2008
The IEC is using April 14 as the expected election day, but the final date will have to be announced by President Thabo Mbeki.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) on Tuesday expressed its deep concern at media reports signalling a ”looming battle” between the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board and management. ”We are deeply concerned,” SACP spokesperson Malesela Maleka said in a statement.
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/ 26 February 2008
KwaZulu-Natal has been able to show the world that when power is contested, people do not have to die, Dr Brigalia Bam, chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, said on Tuesday. She was speaking at the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg on preparations for the 2009 election.
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/ 11 February 2008
The Democratic Alliance on Monday sided with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on a possible court challenge to the composition of the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board. Cosatu confirmed earlier it is considering legal action to have a new board appointed by the National Assembly.
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/ 23 December 2007
The new chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Khanyisiwe Mkhonza, paid tribute to the outgoing board in a statement to the media on Sunday. Mkhonza, who is the current chairperson of the public broadcasting services board sub-committee, also acknowledged challenges facing the new board.
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/ 20 September 2007
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Thursday rejected the proposed shortlist of candidates to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board. An emergency resolution was brought before the union body’s central committee in Kempton Park, Gauteng, by three member unions.
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/ 13 September 2007
Despite loud and bitter protests from the opposition, the National Assembly on Thursday approved the slate of candidates for the board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which was proposed by the communications portfolio committee.
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/ 12 September 2007
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has condemned the absence of ”working-class representatives” on the final list of names for the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board approved by the National Assembly’s communications committee.
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/ 11 September 2007
The National Assembly’s communications committee on Tuesday recommended 12 names for the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board, including six current board members. The six are Alison Gilwald, Andile Mbeki, Fadila Lagadien, Khanyisile Mkhonza, Christine Qunta and Ashwin Trikamjee.