Electoral officers working at identified hotspots in the North West will be protected by law enforcement officers, national police commissioner Khehla Sitole has assured.
“There is a threat assessment conducted against all IEC [Electoral Commission of South Africa] officials, and this threats are link to areas they are operating,” said Sitole.
However, two electoral officers’ cars were torched in Mmadinonyane, Ganyesa in the North West province. “The incident led to damage to the voting material that was loaded in one of the vehicles. A police vehicle that was escorting the two vehicles was allegedly pelted with stones,” he said.They were expected to appear in the Ganyesa Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, facing charges of contravention of the Electoral Act, malicious damage to property and robbery.
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