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The DA has been granted permission to apply its own seal to ballot boxes during the upcoming general election, which the party says will help protect the integrity of the results.

Although no fraud was found to have been committed, the IEC admitted at the time that the procedure set out to handle the ballot boxes after the votes were counted had not been followed. Following the discovery, the Economic Freedom Fighters alleged that the result in Gauteng was rigged, although there was no proof of this.

The May 8 polls are expected to be closely fought, particularly in provinces such as Gauteng and the North West, where every vote cast will count to determine who governs. The governing party’s own polling in Gauteng shows that the province could swing either way, with its support standing at

 

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As we cannot trust the IEC which is already captured the important thing is to check that the boxes are empty before the first voter arrives.

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