17 of those nabbed are from KwaZulu-Natal, one of them is from Gauteng and two others hail from Mpumalanga.
The church leaders held a media briefing in St. Joseph in Durban on Friday. They expressed disappointment at the attempts by some voters to bring the Wednesday general polls into disrepute.Their call comes amid an audit to gauge the scale and impact of alleged multiple voting on the country’s provincial and national elections results.Some are alleging that results of their party votes at voting districts where their supporters voted are not appearing on the leader-board.
The Economic Freedom Fighters and the DA have dismissed the vote rigging claims – with the red berets admitting that the IEC should look into the outcry over its ink which was said to have been easily washable – despite specifics that it should last for days. DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, says the party will closely monitor the outcome of the IEC’s audit, set to be done once vote counting is complete.The South African Development Community Election Observer Mission is urging the country to investigate reasons behind a low registration and vote turnout among the youth.
Head of the Mission Zambian Foreign Minister, Joseph Malanji, was addressinge the media at the time in Pretoria.Malanji says the country’s think tanks should not let this go unchecked. “This requires special attention. The SEOM proposes the IEC, Human Science Research Council are urged to assess the possible causes of voter apathy among young South Africans with a view of designing and implementing voter and civic education programmes to address this apathy .
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