Parties have expressed outrage at the incident and called into question the credibility of the 2021 municipal polls.
Other ballot boxes were outside with ballot papers, which looked like they were removed from a refuse plastic bag.
BRA secretary, Linky Matsie, said:"The boxes were not sealed and they had ballot papers inside the refuse bag. We were surprised as to how that happened because after counting the ballot papers at a voting station they are supposed to seal the ballot boxes." EFF regional leader in Bohlabela region, Surprise Kubhayi said:"There was rigging of votes there. We have given the police all the information we have on our side and the information we have given to them is more than enough to arrest those behind the shenanigans that were happening."
She said she didn't"have enough proof but we have requested our members in a party liaison committee, those that sit with the IEC to find out what really happened".
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