Nkosikhulule Nyembezi, head of the Election Monitoring Network, said the organisation had not observed any serious incidents around the country, including no reports of transgressions of the law. Elections2019 SAElections2019 MzansiVotes
Johannesburg - Despite a furore about alleged irregularities in the process, cautious optimism about the credibility of the 2019 elections has been espoused by an independent body with more than 900 observers around the country.
“The common issues were that the zip-zip was not working and so on. I think that the investment in the training of political parties and the election observers have worked out. He said his organisation's role began long before the elections on Wednesday, where observers were in communities teaching people how to register, how to vote and teaching political tolerance.
“This includes when election officials are not sure whether a person is supposed to vote at a particular station, the ballot is put in an envelope so that, when it comes to counting time, there is a consensus as to how to deal with that so that nothing is escalated for investigation," Nyembezi explained.
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