The Electoral Commission (IEC) has apologised to voters and the media who were unable to view results in the National and Provincial Elections for almost two hours on Friday morning.
SCREENSHOT OF RESULTS DASHBOARDThe leaderboards at the Results Operations Centre (ROC) in
Midrand and the online results dashboard are currently back up and running.
“The Electoral Commission confirms that it has experienced
interruption in the replication of data from its national data centre and the
various Results Operation Centres. The data in the data centre remains intact
and the results have not been compromised. All services have since been
restored and the leaderboard is working normal,” said the commission.
It said the processing of results is continuing and
unaffected.
Meanwhile, the Economic Freedom fighters (EFF) has raised
concern about the ‘technical glitch’.
In a statement, the red berets says ‘’the crashing of the dashboard
highlights the incompetence and inability of the IEC to safeguard our
democracy.’’
National spokesperson, Leigh-Ann Mathys says the problem
arose on Election Day.
‘’The incompetence was first witnessed on the voting day,
where the VMD machines were not fully functional in many voting stations across
the country. This resulted in long lines and a longer voting process which were
not properly managed by the institution.’’
‘’The crash of the results dashboard for such a historical
election is concerning and warrants a thorough investigation to ensure
transparency and integrity in the electoral process. We call on the IEC to act
swiftly in rectifying any technical problems which may arise during this time
to maintain public trust in the democratic process,’’ she added.
As at 11a.m on Friday, the commission has completed 58% of the results
Access the live results at
https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/.
Done by: Mitchum George
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