Yiaga Africa has called on the National Assembly to remove the power of state governors to appoint members of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to restore confidence in the electoral process and ensure credible local government elections. This call was made during a Validation Meeting for the Comprehensive LGA Election Index Tool which was...

*By Uchenna Aja On May 29th, 2024, South Africans went to the polls for their general elections for the seventh time in its three decades of multi-racial democracy. This election was highly contested with new political dynamics affecting the voting pattern and vote shares for political parties in the 9 provinces. As evidenced in the...