{"id":41394,"date":"2026-08-03T10:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41394"},"modified":"2026-08-03T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:51:23","slug":"iec-in-sa-to-introduce-an-additional-electoral-code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/iec-in-sa-to-introduce-an-additional-electoral-code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"IEC in SA to introduce an additional electoral code of conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The Electoral Commission (IEC) in South Africa (SA) says it will introduce an additional electoral code of conduct to deal with disinformation ahead of the November the fourth local government elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo says the measure is aimed at protecting the integrity of the electoral process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He says the code will take effect once the election date is proclaimed, alongside the existing Electoral Code of Conduct.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2014ChannelAfrica\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21626,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41394","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo says the measure is aimed at protecting the integrity of the electoral process. ","published_date":"","news_description":"Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo says the measure is aimed at protecting the integrity of the electoral process. ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41396,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41394\/revisions\/41396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}