procedures clearly announced for future elections. for management of ballot security African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, Article 2.5 “ The security of ballot boxes must be guaranteed and votes should be counted in the presence of the candidates or their agents. There should be independent scrutiny of the voting and counting process … so that electors have confidence in the security of the ballot and the counting of votes “. ICCPR GC 25, Article 20 “ Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its domestic law, endeavour to adopt, maintain and strengthen systems that promote transparency and prevent conflicts of interests.” 18 ZEC’s late publication of the process for the transmission of results was incomplete and did not allow stakeholders to be fully informed as to what should be expected. This contributed to doubts about the transparency and verifiability of the collation process for the presidential results. (p. 35) The results management process must be coherent and better explained to all stakeholders in order to enhance the transparency, verifiability and integrity of the election. This could include publishing the original V11 and V23a/b returns. Amendment of the Electoral Act Parliament United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Public Sector, Article 7.4 “Establish the necessary conditions to foster transparency and accountability in the management of public affairs”.African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, Article 2.5 Promotion of transparency “Establish the necessary conditions to foster transparency and accountability in the management of public affairs”. African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, Article 2.5 “ The security of ballot boxes must be guaranteed and votes should be counted in the presence of the candidates or their agents. There should be independent scrutiny of the voting and counting process … so that electors have confidence in the security of the ballot and the counting of votes “. ICCPR GC 25, Article 20 “ Each State Party shall, in accordance with the 58