IEC apologises for the technical glitch that caused the leader board to disappear, and emphasises the authenticity of the results.
Political parties were in uproar as leader board disappeared; IEC scrambled to reassure authenticity.The IEC has expressed regret over a technical glitch on Friday morning that saw numbers on the leader board disappear for at least two hours.
In a press briefing on Friday afternoon, Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said the technical glitch should have never happened but assured South Africans that the results were authentic and not tempered.“The Commission regrets the incident this morning when the leader boards at the results operation centre’s and our website could not display the results,” he said.“We wish to emphasise that our system did not crash and no data was compromised.
Meanwhile, Mamabolo said the commission was pulling all stops to ensure the finalisation of the capturing and auditing of the results for the 2024 national and provincial elections. As of 4pm on Friday afternoon, the progress relating to the capture of the results per province was as follows: the Eastern Cape is at 92.13%, with 4485 of the 4 868 voting districts completed. Free State is at 95.52%, with 1 515 of 1 586 voting districts completed.
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