The Africa Report - 8 March 2014
South Africa's electoral body, the Independent Electoral Commission
(IEC) says all is in place for the country's fifth democratic elections,
set for 7 May.
IEC chief electoral officer, Mosotho Moepya said the body had certified the voters' roll, with 25,390,150 registered to vote.
Moepya
said there had been a 9.5% increase in the number of people registered
to vote, from 2,208,153 five years ago, while the number had gone by
almost 40% from when the roll was first established ahead of the 1999
elections.
Meanwhile, all parties interested in contesting the poll in the nine
provinces and the national election had to pay a deposit, submit
documentation, including candidate lists last Wednesday,
"A total
number of 33 political parties have indicated their intention to contest
the election of the National Assembly – although four parties are yet
to fully comply with prescribed deposits and may be ruled out before the
election," IEC spokeswoman, Kate Bapela, said, although she did not
name the parties.
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