ELECTION FANFARE
The Independent Electoral Commission has announced, with what one hopes is justifiable fanfare – no running out of ink, losing ballot papers or opening polls late and closing them early – that it’s geared up and ready for next year’s general election.
Opposition politicians of all stripes then stridently urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately announce the date.
An election countdown has all the political players and pundits purring with pleasure.
Opposition party leaders, who have
