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says the significant increase in political parties contesting this year’s election, has considerably raised the cost of preparing for the elections.
48-political parties will contest the May 8 national poll with over 600 contesting the nine provinces. Political parties will on Wednesday sign theAddressing the event in Midrand in Johannesburg, IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo says they are ready to provide free and fair elections. He adds that they have been working with an international organisation to train at least a thousand IEC officials to mitigate and deal with any violence that may arise during the voting process.
“The significant increase in the number of contesting parties has placed a perverse cost burden on the IEC. The commission has been working with a European centre for electoral support on a project to prevent and mitigate and manage election-related conflict and potential violence. We have managed to train over a 1 000 individuals in leadership and conflict management in electoral processes. The electoral commission is on track and will deliver elections on the 8th of May.
IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo says Gauteng will be the hotly contested province in the 2019 elections with 36 parties fighting for the heart and soul of the country’s richest province
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