Address information from Statistic SA might not be reliable‚ IEC lawyer argues

09 May 2016 - 17:30
By Penelope Mashego

Attorney for the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)‚ Wim Trengrove‚ says the commission cannot make use of address information from Statistics SA because it might not be “reliable”. “If StatsSA is able to do this within months (collect addresses) and is available and willing to assist the IEC‚ why does the IEC need four years to accomplish the same task?” enquired Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

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