Another scandal of abandoned ballot boxes is facing the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the North West. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it found two ballot boxes abandoned in the Lekwa Taemane Local Municipality, that includes Bloemhof. The party says these boxes were found in Ward 4 near Bloemhof Primary School, earmarked as a..
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Elections cannot be declared free and fair – Another scandal of abandoned and burned ballot boxes is facing the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the North West
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Juju says he will reveal EFF’s financial records… after the elections, seems like he has a couple of ‘gooses laying golden eggs’ for the EFF
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Malema says that he was too busy campaigning to open the financial books. Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has reiterated his call for transparency concerning the party’s financial records. During various media briefings over the course of the last month, Malema has issued a brave invitation to journalists. In daring defence..
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Election ink kicks up a stink – Not the best Election Day at the office for the IEC: Flaws in voter security exposed on Election Day as both ID scanners and ink-marked method not working effectively
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There’s egg on the faces of a few IEC officials this Election Day, as both the ink-mark method and ID scanners were revealed to have serious security flaws. Congratulations to everyone who managed to brave the rain and the cold to cast their vote on Wednesday. However, some chancers might have been able to get..
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Some ‘people’ didn’t want voters to vote so they burnt down a School in North West for being a voting station
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North West police are investigating a case of arson, but no arrests have been made yet. A school was set alight in Kraaipan outside Mahikeng in the North West, allegedly by a group of people intending to boycott the general election on Wednesday. Tlhakajeng Primary School was allegedly torched at the weekend by a group..
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O dear, what a blunder for Juju, he fumes as IEC official tells his wife to remove fake nails before voting (video’s)
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EFF leader Julius Malema was on Wednesday irked by an IEC staff member who apparently instructed his wife Mantwa Matlala-Malema to remove her fake nails before she could vote. The pair were voting at the Mponegele Primary School in Seshego, Limpopo. Malema said he found the instruction “bizzare” because there was no such a rule..
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Not that we care at all what Mandela’s great-grandson is doing, but he voted for the BLF because he doesn’t like whites, well the feeling is mutual
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Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson, Mayibuye Mandela, says he will vote for BLF provincially and the ANC nationally. His motivation is the BLF’s approach to South Africa’s future and their shared dislike of white people. Mayibuye Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson, told the media that he will be putting his ‘X’ next to the Black First Land First..
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Vote Rigging? – Voters say they were able to cast ballots more than once during yesterday’s election – Allegations of multiple voting a first for us, says IEC
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The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said this was the first time it has faced allegations of multiple voting. Several political parties have lodged complaints, while South Africans took to social media claiming they were able to cast ballots more than once. Eyewitness News has seen videos of people able to vote more than once, easily..
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Malema slams patriarchy after his wife was asked to take out fake manicured nail with scissors before at voting point
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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and his wife, Mantwa, were shocked after an IEC staff member allegedly asked her to take out her fake nail to vote in Seshego on Wednesday. “A staff member told my wife to take out her nail so they could put a mark and I found that bizarre and..
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The DA’s Natasha Mazzone is highly suspicious of how much money is being spent on emergency diesel at Eskom, urging President Ramaphosa to “come clean”.
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The Shadow Public Enterprises Minister Natasha Mazzone has grilled Cyril Ramaphosa just hours before the polls open for the 2019 Elections. The DA MP – best known for her firebrand speeches in Parliament – wants the president to disclose more information on the deals to procure “emergency diesel supplies” for Eskom. It’s understood that the..
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The handling of any electoral material by any party agent is strictly prohibited so the IEC removed an official who allowed a ‘Party Agent’ to assist in transfer of votes (video)
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The Electoral Commission (IEC) has removed a Deputy Presiding Officer from a voting station in Benoni, Ekurhuleni following an investigation into a video showing a party agent assisting with the transfer of special votes. The video below is of Ermelo incident, we could not trace the one for Benoni. So this is how the election..
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Six persons were arrested in the North West for torching electoral officer’s car as special votes are disrupted
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Police in the North West has arrested six people for allegedly torching an electoral officer’s vehicle in Ganyesa – the day that special votes opened. “The incident has something to do with disruptions of voting processes and as a result, the vehicle ended up being torched,” provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Sabataa Mokgwabone said. Mokgwabone said..
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Public pressure on the ANC – especially in light of the imminent election – proved to be too much to bear so the Western Cape ANC returns controversial donation to Iqbal Survé
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The African National Congress (ANC) has returned a hot financial donation back to businessman Iqbal Survé. Survé announced on Monday that he had made a hefty contribution to the ANC’s electoral campaign efforts in the Western Cape. Through his company, Sekunjalo Investments, which has a vested interest in South African media, Survé offered the ANC..
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2019 Elections News: Not everybody is voting today, let’s have a look at why 9-million eligible voters did not register to cast their ballot
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Current issues that affect their lives was indicated as a reason why they are not voting. The 2019 general elections are less than 12 hours away and right now, there is little else political parties can do to sway voters at the polls. However, the outcome of the elections could be impacted by the non-participation..
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A ballot box was burned in Potchefstroom, vehicle set alight ahead of the general elections
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Potchefstroom SAPS confirmed that a ballot box was burned in the North West region, following the arrest of six individuals for their involvement in the torching of a presiding electoral officer’s vehicle in the Ganyesa ahead of the general elections. Ballot box destroyed in Potchefstroom As reported by Olebogeng Motse from OFM, a ballot box..
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For those that are going to vote tomorrow in the 2019 Elections : Here’s how to find your voting station
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Don’t know where to cast your vote from? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Finding your designated voting station on 8 May will make casting your vote in the 2019 elections that much easier. Here’s how to do it. Exercising your fundamental democratic right to vote shouldn’t be a headache but with an estimated 26..
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