The ANC has defended the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) following claims by DA leader Helen Zille that the institution was in danger of becoming another ruling party "lapdog".

"The IEC has since 1994 delivered to South Africans credible, free, fair and transparent elections," secretary general Gwede Mantashe said in a statement.

"Notwithstanding the baseless attack on it by the Democratic Alliance and other political parties recently, and in the run-up...read more here: ANC defends IEC