Chief of Election Commission Resigns
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The head of South Africa’s Independent Election Commission quit, citing “differences” with President Nelson Mandela’s ruling African National Congress over the role of the commission. Johann Kriegler, a justice with the Constitution Court, said his departure will not derail the country’s second all-race poll, expected in May. Mandela appointed the deputy head of the commission, Brigalia Bam, as a stand-in.
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