Short list for new IEC commissioners is ready, and it could be controversial
Mosotho Moepya, the controversial former chief electoral officer, is on the short list to fill three commissioner positions at the the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC). A panel headed by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has recommended eight people to fill the three posts. Former public protector Thuli Madonsela recommended disciplinary action against Moepya for failing to provide her with crucial information during her 2013 investigation of a dodgy lease deal for the procurement of the IEC headquarters, which resulted in the departure of then chairwoman Pansy Tlakula. But in his interview last week, Moepya protested his innocence and decried the way he had been treated. Mogoeng, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Commission on Gender Equality deputy chairwoman Tamara Mathebula and South African Human Rights Commission commissioner Angie Makwetla spent two days last week interviewing 23 short-listed candidates for the positions, which need to be filled by December. The hotly conteste...
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