Mpumalanga ward candidate arrested for damaging election material - EWN
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A ward candidate was arrested in Mpumalanga for trashing a polling station, while a civic organisation candidate is behind bars in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape for allegedly attempting to steal election materials from the local police station.
A ward candidate was arrested in Mpumalanga for trashing a polling station, while a civic organisation candidate is behind bars in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape for allegedly attempting to steal election materials from the local police station.
The Electoral Commission said on Tuesday that it was taking legal steps to hold political parties accountable for the illegal behaviour of their members after uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) supporters also stormed a library storage facility in KwaZulu-Natal.
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