THE Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) will have no involvement with any political parties and their coalition negotiations."It is not within our province to deal with that particular aspect‚" said IEC deputy chair Terry Tselane at a briefing on Friday evening.The IEC’s responsibility‚ according to the Constitution‚ is to organise‚ run and manage the elections‚ to ensure that they are free and fair and to declare the results. "So what happens after that it is really not in the province of the commission‚" he said.Local elections 2016News, live results and much moreEarlier on Friday, EFF leader Julius Malema‚ who has been referred to as a kingmaker though he has rejected the title‚ said his party would not make the first move towards coalitions in the municipalities it contested."No one has approached us and therefore we are unable to talk about coalitions. We are not the party that received the majority anywhere. I thought the people who must approach others are those in power‚" he sa...
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