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Defend Our Democracy holds Gauteng roadshow to enlist election observers

The group, made up of prominent NGOs and activists, hopes to build a nationwide network of citizen observers to ensure the elections are credible, free and fair.

The civil society group Defend Our Democracy (DoD) held the launch of its Election Observer campaign recently (February 24) as part of its Election Watch work.

Observing and monitoring the upcoming national and provincial elections, which will be held on May 29, is a key pillar of its work that seeks to protect democratic values.

DoD and other civil society organisations and activists met in Parktown for the Gauteng leg of their campaign to see as many independent election observers trained and deployed as possible.

The brief for the roadshow says, “This campaign allows organisations at a grassroots level and ordinary members of the public to take up the call for ‘active citizenry’ and build a countrywide network of democracy volunteers to observe the elections.”

Neeshan Bolton, the director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, and other well-known civil society watchdogs were present.

The Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape provincial roadshows have already been held.

To become an election watch observer with DoD, register here.

More to follow as the roadshow gets underway.

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