The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is wielding the axe against councillors accused of campaigning for rebel uMkhonto Wesizwe party, and taking disciplinary action. The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is wielding the axe against councillors accused of campaigning for rebel uMkhonto Wesizwe party, and taking discipli.
Reflecting on this week’s Constitutional Court judgments in Parliament on Friday, Electoral Commission chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, said a longer, and more complicated ballot could also extend the time each voters needs to cast their ballot.
The IEC said that though the registration drive over the weekend yielded promising results, especially among young women, more needed to be done to encourage young men and first-time voters to take part in the electoral process.
“It was for the first and last time in 1994. It was out of excitement. Unfortunately, we did not understand what the meaning of democracy is. But is only now that we understand that democracy means to be oppressed by those that we have voted for - those we have put into power," said 64-year-old Khekhe Skere.