The IEC says it does not intend to take legal action against several landlords who reneged on their lease agreement at the 11th hour on during the first day of special voting.
“It is not a prevalent phenomenon and is an isolated incident,” he said.
It is not clear at this stage if the voting stations affected included schools, churches and community halls and whether these facilities were locked ahead community members voting. During the briefing, Mamabolo said also said there were a few incidents which came as a result of bad weather where overnight, storms blew tents away in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and the Northwest.
According to Mamabolo, contingency plans were put in place and the tents were either reinstalled or replaced in time for voting. Other incidents reported by IEC personnel on the ground include news that the IEC could not open eight voting stations in Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal where community members were allegedly “unhappy with matters related to traditional leadership”.
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