Soweto residents disrupt IEC voter registration drive
The IEC is hailing this weekend’s voter registration drive as a success. But, it was marred in some areas by service delivery protests. Disgruntled Protea Glen residents disrupted events over electricity issues in the area. eNCA’s Heidi Giokos has more. The IEC said it is unfortunate that people used this time to air their frustrations.
In certain communities, there’s still the practice of linking genuine concerns by communities to the electoral process in a very deleterious way, in a way that disrupts and interferes with the rights of other citizens who may be inclined to go update their registration details,” said IEC deputy CEO Masego Shiburi.
Source: eNCA
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