The City of Johannesburg is finally set to declare St Mary’s Cathedral and surrounds in downtown Jo’burg as a national heritage site, to be called the Archbishop Desmond Tutu…
From ballot boxes made with jeans to water masquerading as invisible ink, our two former IEC heads recall SA’s magical first elections.
The Advisory Council of the Public Sector Awards selected Dr Brigalia Bam as a recipient of the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sources have revealed that the former chief electoral officer Pansy Tlakula has been appointed as the new chairperson of the IEC.
President Zuma faces a race against time to fill the three key positions of chairperson, deputy chairperson and chief electoral officer at the IEC.
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.
Opposition parties fear that the IEC’s new leadership will be dominated by the ANC’s preferred candidates.
South Africans proved themselves a nation of procrastinators, with 20 765 would-be voters flooding home affairs offices on the day of the polls.
The Independent Electoral Commission breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday when the South African Municipal Workers’ Union suspended a planned strike.
More than 600 000 people visited voting stations on the first day of the final voter registration weekend.
The number of South Africans who will be able to cast their votes in the local government elections has topped the 23,1-million mark, the IEC says.
Voting is a matter of civic duty and a democratic privilege, says Brigalia Bam, chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will target young voters in a voter-registration drive ahead of the 2011 municipal elections.
Elections in East and Southern Africa have left fewer women in politics, placing countries at risk of not meeting equality targets, the UN said.
In the final tally, the African National Congress dominates the National Assembly but misses its two-thirds majority by an inch.
The number of votes coming into the IEC’s national results centre picked up from a trickle to more substantial numbers by Thursday afternoon.
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
IEC chairperson Dr Brigalia Bam looked calm and pleased as she delivered an update to the media at lunch on Wednesday.
Political parties contesting the national elections signed a pledge on Wednesday committing themselves to adhere to the Electoral Code of Conduct.
IEC chairperson Brigalia Bam said the IEC would be ready to stage general elections in April, SABC radio reported on Thursday.
