Politics 25 October 2026, 21:28 via Daily Maverick

SIGNS OF INCOMPETENCE: IEC under fire after unqualified sign language interpreter used at election workshop

A complaint to the CRL Rights Commission and questions over the IEC’s vetting process have intensified scrutiny of an incident in which a man who admits he lacks full sign language skills interpreted at an election workshop in Pietermaritzburg.

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