Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has appointed Vuma Glenton Mashinini as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa, the Presidency announced on Wednesday.
The IEC has not had a Chairperson since the resignation by Advocate Pansy Tlakula in 2014.
Tlakula made headlines ahead of the elections after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found her “guilty of gross maladministration” for the lease agreement of the IEC’s headquarters in Centurion.
The vice chairperson, Terry Tselane, has been acting as chairperson during the period of the vacancy.
President Zuma appointed Mashinini as a commissioner of the IEC in April this year.
He has previously served as special projects advisor to the President, as well as Deputy Chief Electoral Officer of the IEC from 1998 to 2001, where he was responsible for the establishment and administration of the national head office, all nine Provincial Electoral Offices and approximately 350 Municipal Electoral Offices.
President Zuma has extended his gratitude to Tselane for his contribution in steering the IEC forward and also wished Mashinini all the best in his new responsibility. - SAnews.gov.za
