‘In both instances, I want to be very categorical that it wasn't failure of technology that we placed the reliance on to determine the outcome of the election,’ says IEC chair, Mosotho Moepya.
You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW JEREMY MAGGS: Now, as you are well aware, the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa has declared last week’s poll free and fair, although there are still some objections that it is dealing with. From the IEC, I’m joined now by the chair, Mosotho Moepya.
MOSOTHO MOEPYA: A very important question you raise. There are two specific issues and nothing beyond that. The first area of technology that we withdrew was the harvesting of data that we used to see where voters go to vote, whether they do so in the morning, are they young people, are they women, are they men. So that we are able to service them properly. Although we had that data for the morning, we did not have it for the rest of the afternoon and into the night.
I say so because many people think that it was a major determinant of whether we are now going to free and fair election. No, it didn’t. I’ve always said, when we went through these processes, even when we were going through difficulties, I spoke to this nation, and I took you all into our confidence sincerely.
But there are many other considerations, the stability of the nation, the process of tension that parties, their supporters and candidates go through whilst they wait for the outcome of an election.
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