The Independent Electoral Commission cannot afford to put a foot wrong in the country’s most important election since democracy in 1994, on 29 May.
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The right to free and fair elections may be undermined if political parties cannot campaign due to COVID-19 restrictions by the state.
It’s not convincing to argue that the political parties would not be able to campaign as they have done in the past.
South Africa’s polls have been praised for adhering to international election best practice. But, they are not without problems.
Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
South Africa’s electoral commission’s failure to ensure a credible voters’ roll threatens to undo its legacy of free and fair elections.
Various commentators have wrongly over the last 22 years said that black people voted blindly for ANC governments. There’s no better example why the academy needs a dramatic post-colonial overhaul.
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Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), University of South Africa
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Associate Professor of Law, North-West University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Senior Researcher, Public health law, University of the Witwatersrand
