IEC welcomes signing of Electoral Amendment Bill

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has welcomed the signing into law of the Electoral Amendment Bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The commission’s chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, provided the necessary legal certainty required to prepare for the 2024 national and provincial elections.

COURTEASY: IEC


The Commission has now approved an integrated chart of electoral milestones which contains all activities and timelines that underpin preparations for 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

Registered political parties that do not have seats in any legislature or the National Assembly will have to meet the same 15 percent quota requirement and also pay a deposit.

The Commission reiterates that with the assent of the Bill certainty has now been created in the planning framework for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

"Our time is short and we cannot afford any delay. All electoral stakeholders are asked to start their preparations in order to avoid missing immutable electoral timelines,’’ the Commission said.

The IEC said it will hold registration drives of approximately 24 000 voting stations over the weekend of 18 and 19 November 2023 to register new voters and to enable already registered voters to inspect and where necessary update their registration details. These drives result in updating of the voters’ roll.


Done by Sibulele Stuurman

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