The IEC is a tool established by the Constitution. And it is the government which must provide adequate resources to see that the IEC achieves the process for which it was enacted. They could have done things better. The African Christian Democratic Party in the Western Cape raised disquiet about the late appointment of an IEC provincial liaison officer three weeks ago. Gauteng, North-West, the Northern Province, Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.
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