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May 11, 2019
The African Union, AUhas acknowledged the South African general elections as peaceful, transparent,inclusive and credible.
The AU ElectionObservation Mission said in a statement posted on the AU official website.
The Mission said theelections were conducted “in a calm, peaceful and orderly manner” and affordedthe people of South Africa the opportunity to exercise their democratic rightsof choosing their leaders.
It added that theSouth African Independent Electoral Commission prepared and conducted theelections in a professional and transparent manner and in accordance with therelevant laws governing elections in the country.This came as a coalition ofthirty five smaller political parties said they were unhappy with the runningof the elections which they said were marred by double voting. They threatenedto go to court and demand an election rerun.