Smaller political parties staged a dramatic protest inside the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) national results centre in Pretoria on Thursday night, raising a number of grievances against the electoral body and media coverage in general. The political parties included the African Content Movement, BLF, Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party, African People's Convention, National Freedom Party, Forum 4 Service Delivery, Women Forward, Christian Political Movement, and Land Party, among others.
Some of the parties went as far as to say they were "rejecting" the election results. Speaking to journalists, African Transformation Movement (ATM) official Mzwanele Manyi said the political parties were not happy with the electoral process and were not convinced that it would deliver a free and fair election. He said all the issues had been put to the IEC for its attention. They included the ink used to mark voters' thumbs after casting a ballot. The parties said it was a fundame...
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