Africa: Namibian Ballot Printing Disrupted By Power Outage in South Africa Amid Security Concerns

The entity awarded a controversial tender to produce Namibia’s ballot papers says despite a power outage during the printing process, all ballots remained secure.

A power outage reportedly occurred when Namibian political party representatives were overseeing the design, production, and delivery of ballot papers at Ren-Form CC in South Africa.

The incident happened at the Johannesburg warehouse of Ren-Form CC, which was awarded a controversial N$6.2 million tender to print the ballots for…