International observers deployed in all provinces

Mluleki Mrwebi
07 May 2014

Government has welcomed and acknowledges the presence of various international election observer missions in the country for the elections. 

Department of International Relations and Cooperation Spokesperson Clayson Monyela said the missions include those dispatched by the Southern African Development Community, the African Union and the Commonwealth. 

Monyela said international election observers have been spread across all nine provinces to asses all processes of the election and the monitoring of elections is accepted worldwide.

Meanwhile the Congress of South African Trade Union in the North West has called for all workers especially farmers to go to the polls today and vote. 

Cosatu Provincial Secretary Solly Phetoe said workers must report any criminal activities that happen today including those employers, who refuse to allow workers to exercise.

Phetoe said Cosatu applauds all those employers that allow their workers to go and vote. Those farmers that are refusing workers to vote must face the might of the law.

He added that in sectors such as mining area and farming areas people must be allowed to go and vote.