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SPEEDRUN – IEC slipping up before National Elections

Hypertext

12th March 2024

Welcome to Speedrun.

It is Hypertext’s new morning roundup feature where we detail all the top stories we covered over the past 24 hours in an easy to digest format.

Today we’re looking at the IEC, and in particular how a leak of candidate lists from the ruling party, ANC, and Jacob Zumba’s recently created MK, has South Africans pondering just how secure the upcoming elections in May will be. With the Information Regulator also taking a closer look at the leak and its potential PoPIA implications, it appears as if the 2024 National Elections will prove an interesting one to say the least.

Browse that and other stories in the cards below.

IEC has a leak or a breach as candidate lists circulate on social media

IEC notification to Regulator short on details

South Africa to begin importing water from Zimbabwe

First polony, now the peanut butter is trying to kill us?

NSFAS has no clue how to pay its students right now

South Africans getting less for their used cars

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