‘I’ve never been so humiliated’ – Popular SA chef ‘denied the right to vote’ overseas

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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation said the matter had been reported to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation said the matter had been reported to the Independent Electoral Commission .As thousands turned out to cast their ballot at SA embassies across the world last weekend, food influencer and popular chef Fikile Zungu claims she was turned back and denied her right to vote.

She said she took her daughter to the embassy in January to register and checked her own registration was in order. Zungu questioned why the woman was able to vote when she wasn’t, and wondered if it had anything to do with her departure from the embassy three years ago.“I feel victimised again by the SA embassy. Why does this keep happening to me? Couldn’t they try something so that I can vote like that woman voted. My daughter was just waiting outside,” she added, breaking down in tears.Watch Zungu speak about the humiliation she felt during the incident:. DIRCO merely provided venues .

 

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