The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) suffers one of the biggest crisis of confidence in Africa.
An Afrobarometer survey indicates that six in 10 Batswana citizens (63%) trust the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) “just a little” or “not at all”. The survey comes as Botswana’s major parties prepare for what think-tanks such as Brookings Institution believe will be a competitive general election later this year.
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