The role of the judiciary in the electoral process
Friday, September 21, 2018
We will introduce such, however, with two words that appear within Section 2 of the Electoral Act.
Under Section 2 of the Electoral Act, a constituency means a constituency that has been defined by the Delimitation Commission in terms of the Constitution. A polling station, on the other hand means a polling station as defined by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Only the IEC has the responsibility to set up or determine where a polling station will be.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...