A single unscheduled by-election in KZN cost at least R120‚000, IEC says
Hundreds of thousands of rand were spent on convening unscheduled by-elections following the deaths of councillors by unnatural causes in KwaZulu-Natal. That was according to provincial electoral officer Mawethu Mosery, who gave evidence on Monday on behalf of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to the Moerane commission of inquiry, which is investigating political killings in Durban. Mosery said political killings had been a serious concern for the IEC due to their effect on the voting public and on the public’s enthusiasm to participate in a constitutional democracy. He said the money spent on holding repeated by-elections was beyond the number of planned and budgeted by-elections. Estimates were that between R120‚000 and R140‚000 was spent on one by-election but that depended on the number of voters and other factors. "Noting the assumptions‚ allegations and scientific views on reasons for political killings or political violence, it is within each and every citizen of this prov...
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