Candidates questioned about credibility of IEC
The credibility of the IEC, its staff and its systems were some of the key issues raised during the second day of interviews
A proposal by a candidate interviewed for one of the three positions of commissioner at the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) angered Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Tuesday. Nkosikhulule Nyembezi was commenting on the fact that the president appoints the chairman of the commission. He said it was “worrisome” that the president made the appointment and suggested that legislation needed to be changed. Nyembezi used the noise around the appointment of Vuma Mashinini as an example. Mashinini, who was appointed in 2015, was special projects adviser to former president Jacob Zuma. Mogoeng, however, disagreed, saying that there were “many agendas out there” and that if you did not fit into someone’s agenda you would be discredited. The credibility of the IEC, its staff and its systems were some of the key issues raised during the second day of interviews. This comes ahead of the crucial 2019 election. A panel led by Mogoeng was interviewing 26 candidates to fill the vacancies of three com...
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