Election observers call on WC parties to tone down campaign rhetoric

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Cape Town Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, who chairs the Electoral Code of Conduct Observer Commission, said that character assassination is as devastating as physical violence.

CAPE TOWN - Election observers from religious and civil society groups are calling on political parties in the Western Cape to tone down their campaign rhetoric.

Makgoba said a free and fair election is not determined only by what happens on election day, but by attitudes and activities in the run-up to the election.

 

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