The chief electoral officer’s years of experience will help ensure citizens’ choices are honoured
New Independent Electoral Commission chair Vuma Mashinini says he owes loyalty to nobody, no matter what positions he held in the past.
President Jacob Zuma has appointed commissioner Vuma Mashinini as the new chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The parliamentary opposition perceives Mashinini as being too close to the president and thus finds his appointment worrying.