IKhomishini Yokhetho yaseNingizimu Afrika (i-IEC) icele bonke abantu abafanelekile ukuthi baqinisekise ukuthi babhalisele ukuvota ngempelasonto yokugcina yokubhalisa abavoti ngomhlaka-1 no-2 Agasti 2026, lapho iziteshi zokuvota ezingaphezu kuka-23,700 kuzwelonke zizovulwa kusukela ngo-8 ekuseni kuya ku-5 ntambama ngaphambi koKhetho Lohulumeni Bendawo oluhlelwe umhlaka-4 Novemba 2026, ngokusho kwezitatimende ezisemthethweni ze-IEC.

Abasebenzi be-IEC, Ubuchwepheshe kanye Nezinyathelo Zokufinyeleleka Zisekhona

Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sokhetho se-IEC uSy Mamabolo siqinisekisile ukuthi abasebenzi bokubhalisa abangu-48,212 baqokiwe futhi baqeqeshwe ukuze bathunyelwe eziteshini zokubhalisa. IKhomishini iphinde yathumela Amadivayisi Okuphatha Abavoti angu-39,641 (ama-VMD) ukuze kube lula ukuqinisekiswa kobuzwe ngesikhathi sangempela, ukuqoqwa kwedatha yabavoti, kanye nokuhlanganiswa okuphumelelayo nohlu lwabavoti lukazwelonke.

Ingosi yokubhalisa abavoti eku-inthanethi ye-IEC, eyasungulwa ngo-2021, inike amandla izakhamuzi ukuthi zibhalise, zibuyekeze, futhi ziqinisekise imininingwane yazo kude. Ngokusho kwe-IEC, le nsizakalo ibone ababhalisi abasha abangaphezu kuka-26,000 kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2026, okwenza inani lababhalisile lifinyelele cishe ezigidini ezingu-28. Emizamweni yokukhuthaza ukubamba iqhaza okubanzi, i-IEC ibambisene namanethiwekhi amakhulu eselula ukuze inikeze ukufinyelela okungenadatha kungosi eku-inthanethi.

Ukubaluleka Kokubusa Kwendawo Nokuhlanganyela Okubandakanya Wonke Umuntu

I-IEC igcizelele ukubaluleka kokubamba iqhaza kwabavoti abaningi ekwakheni ukubusa kwendawo kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo. “Ukuveza ukukhetha kwakho kwezepolitiki kuyingxenye yokuqinisekisa ubuzwe bakho. Kumayelana nobuzwe bakho. Kumayelana nezinqubomgomo ezizobusa izindawo zethu zasemadolobheni, izindawo zethu zasemakhaya, kanye nokufinyelela izinsizakalo abantu abazidinga kakhulu,” kusho uMamabolo ngesikhathi senkomfa yabezindaba yakamuva.

UDavid Mandaha, iPhini leNhloko Yezokuxhumana ye-IEC, ukhuthaze abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi basebenzise ipulatifomu eku-inthanethi noma babe khona mathupha ngempelasonto yokubhalisa, egcizelela ukuthi ukuqinisekisa nokubuyekeza imininingwane kubalulekile ukuze kube nohlu lwabavoti olufanele. Umkhankaso wokugcina wokubhalisa uhloselwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi wonke amazwi, ikakhulukazi abavoti bokuqala kanye nalabo okungenzeka ukuthi bathuthele kwamanye amazwe, bayakwazi ukuhlanganyela okhethweni oluzayo.

Le mpelasonto iphawula ithuba lokugcina lokubhalisa kuzwelonke ngaphambi koKhetho Lohulumeni Bendawo luka-2026, lapho i-IEC iqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwayo enqubweni yokuvota ebandakanya wonke umuntu, efinyelelekayo, futhi ephumelelayo kusetshenziswa izixazululo zobuso nobuso nezedijithali.

I-IEC kulindeleke ukuthi inikeze izibuyekezo ngezibalo zokubhalisa kanye nanoma yiziphi ezinye izenzakalo ngaphambi kokhetho lwangoNovemba.