What the Church Can Do to Strengthen Electoral Democracy

On 1 November 2021 the province of KwaZulu-Natal saw part of the Church in action. On that day KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council, an ecumenical and multidenominational body in the province, together with its affiliative partners, rolled up its sleeves and involved itself in the work of ensuring democracy is kept alive in the province. It did so, inter alia, by functioning as an impartial observer of the elections as conducted by the Independent Electoral Commission which had accredited it for this purpose in terms of Sections 84 and 85 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998.