SADC countries, churches give SA elections the “thumbs up”
5 August 2016
Pretoria - Despite the unusually high number of election-related killings leading up to the local government elections, the actual voting process has received a thumbs up from observer missions.
The SA Council of Churches (SACC) as well as the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) electoral commissions forum gave South Africa a “well done” during their feedback briefing on Friday afternoon.
SACC’s general secretary Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana told reporters at the IEC’s results observations centre in Tshwane said South Africans had done well to ensure that elections turned out peacefully.
“The SACC congratulates the people of South Africa for peaceful elections that saw millions of people flock to voting stations without any fears, save for the unfriendly weather in parts of the country.”