On 27 March 2009 ACCORD staff Jerome Sachane (Deputy Director), Hayden Allen (General Manager: Corporate Affairs), and Karishma Rajoo (Manager: Interventions), attended an election briefing update by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Office of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
A number of ACCORD Staff have attended ongoing briefings by the IEC, both in Durban and Gauteng, to keep informed about developments and plans for the conducting of the upcoming South African elections on 22 April 2009, especially related to the Province of KwaZulu-Natal.