{"id":966474,"date":"2024-04-13T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T11:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=966474"},"modified":"2024-04-13T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T11:43:16","slug":"ground-work-collective-launches-election-observation-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/ground-work-collective-launches-election-observation-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Work Collective launches election observation portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>Civic organisation, Ground Work Collective (GWC), has launched its independent election observation portal.<\/p>\n<p>It says the aim is to encourage registered South Africans to sign up as independent election observers ahead of the May 29 elections.<\/p>\n<p>On election day, observers monitor polling stations to assess the conduct of voting, adherence to electoral laws and the overall integrity of the process.<\/p>\n<p>GWC ambassador and independent election observer, Zulaikha Patel, says it is essential for young people to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor so long we\u2019ve seen young people\u2019s challenges in this country. We\u2019ve seen the lack of advocacy around young people\u2019s challenges. We\u2019ve seen young people not being heard by people within government and decision-makers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s important that young people form part of deciding who their decision makers would be and form part of shaping the country,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>The video is the full interview with Zulaikha Patel<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4NUi5PjP8w?si=otye1efrttRCLCS5\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute Civic organisation, Ground Work Collective (GWC), has launched its independent election observation portal. It says the aim is to encourage registered South Africans to sign up as independent election observers ahead of the May 29 elections. On election day, observers monitor polling stations to assess the conduct of voting, adherence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":966475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,1895],"tags":[2158,2159,2052,2160],"class_list":["post-966474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections-2024","category-news","tag-ground-work-collective","tag-gwc","tag-may-29-elections","tag-zulaikha-patel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}