Surely IEC can do better

But just as hope rose that all was on track, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) put the nation through the anxious moments of verification and counting. For more than 16 hours, the crowds waited outside Goodhope Secondary School hall for verification.

It was only after mid-day Sunday when the counting started, and more than 12 hours later, at about 2am Monday that Kgosi Lotlamoreng II of the Umbrella for Democratic Change was announced the ultimate winner, and the new MP.  But it was too long a wait to truly celebrate for the winners, and many of their supporters had, by then trekked back to their work places.