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Namibia: Electoral commission faces backlash over controversial ballot paper tender and costly South Africa trip – News

Namibia: Electoral commission faces backlash over controversial ballot paper tender and costly South Africa trip – News

Africa Links 24 with Envaalde Matheus
Published on 2024-10-22 17:00:00

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is under fire for arranging a nine-day trip to South Africa for politicians to inspect the production of ballot papers for Namibia’s upcoming elections.

The ECN is being lashed by political parties for its decision to hand-pick Ren-Form CC, a South African company linked to the inflation of a ballot-printing tender in Zimbabwe, for this tender.

The tender is worth about N$6.2 million.

The Republican Party (RP), the Popular Democratic…

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