With all the interesting things happening in South African poilitics just at the moment, I decided to check out the IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) website, to find out how our constitution might impact the date of the elections and when they can be called and how a new political party would have to register for the 2009 Elections.To my absolute horror I was confronted by an error page, politely informing me that
"the current website is only compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer V4 (and upward) on the Windows operating system."
EXCUSE ME?
Is it not my constitutional and democratic right to use whatever browser I should choose, and to access their website with this piece of software?
It is not that they are unaware of the browsers... They polite me inform me that
"Our server detected that you are using a browser or operating system (e.g. Netscape, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome etc.) which is currently incompatible with our website."
I certainly hope that this is rectified in the VERY near future!
They do however still allow me (even with my Firefox browser) to check if I am registered to vote.
I just may not have much information about the election I am registered to vote in!
