South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor has slammed the Democratic Alliance (DA) for writing a letter to the United States asking for international help to ensure the integrity of the upcoming national elections.
She says in the last elections, 160 different civil society organisations, regional bodies, and guests were invited to come and observe the elections.
South Africans head to the polls on 29 May 2024.
Pandor says the request from the DA is surprising.
“The letter almost suggested that the over 160 organisations that have previously been observers are somehow partisan. And I’m not sure where that particular allegation or implication comes from, because we’ve always been found to have very open and free elections. What would have been interesting, though, is to write perhaps to the African Union rather than the United States of America,” says Pandor.
