Cape Town – Former president Jacob Zuma remained silent as young leaders of the MK party accused the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and a Cape Town-based IT company of rigging the May 29 elections.
During a press briefing, MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela alleged that an IT company manipulated the election results during a two-hour crash of the results leader board on Friday morning.
“You can’t fool us. We know exactly what was happening.
“There is an IT entity which was appointed in Cape Town, that interfered during that two hour period. We can confirm it,” Ndhlela said.
“When we raised concerns about how the IEC appointed certain entities and that was a form of invoking the PAIA Act and the IEC never responded to that…They were mute” – MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela
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Meanwhile, MK leader Arthur Zwane claimed two men were detained for interfering with the system, though the IEC could not confirm this, IOL reported.
IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya defended the election process, saying the system was built in-house and all service providers were appointed through public tender.
Despite these assurances, Ndhlela insisted on the rigging claims and called for a re-vote.
The MK party garnered over 2.3 million votes, securing nearly 15% of the total, making it the third largest party behind the ANC and DA.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
