Second voter registration opens on Saturday
Political analyst Levy Ndou says there is no need for South Africans to question the credibility of the Independent Electoral Commission.
Former president Jacob Zuma, who is campaigning for the newly-formed MK party, recently accused the commission of favouring the ANC.
He claimed that some IEC officials could be bribed to bypass the commission's system.
This week, the IEC hit back and challenged Zuma to provide evidence to support his claims.
Ndou says the Electoral Commission has been impartial.
"Our task in the IEC is supposed to be informed by the track record that the IEC had. Since 1994, the IEC has delivered free, fair and credible elections. So, on the basis of that fact it has never disappointed anyone and any political party."
The second voter registration drive begins on Saturday.
Thousands of voting stations will open from 8am to 5pm to allow new voters to register.
Existing voters will also get an opportunity to check and update their registration details.
Ndou says political parties should be encouraging people to register to vote.
"You have people who belong to political parties, and people who support parties, and people who don't belong to any party nor support any party, but if you encourage them to register, you are therefore able to convince those people to vote for your party and that means those who don't belong anywhere you can easily convince them."
