It is imperative in the interests of a free and fair election that is above reproach, that Adv Pansy Tlakula, Norman du Plessis and Stephen Langtry, the three Independent Electoral Commission officials implicated in tender irregularities by an independent forensic investigation conducted by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) that followed an earlier report from the Office of the Public Protector, stand down from their positions until after the election.
The PWC investigation found that Tlakula had acted improperly to secure office space for the IEC, that the process was not transparent, with hidden beneficiaries to the deal costing the tax-payer R110 in wasted expenditure, that the office space secured was 50% larger than required, no doubt to fill the building owned by hidden benefactors and was rented at well above market rates.
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