Journalist Etienne Mare was arrested after he took a video depicting how he managed to bypass the system and vote twice in two different locations.
"Mare posted a video online claiming that he was on his way to vote for a second time after hearing from a female voter that she had been able to vote several times. He wanted to test the IEC's voting systems. In the video he showed that it was easy to rub off the indelible ink mark on his thumb – a supposed fail-safe system to prevent citizens from voting twice.
"Mare specifically spoilt this second vote so that it would have no impact on the election results," said Sanef chairperson Mahlatse Mahlase in a statement.
Journalists think they are special. How can you break the law and say it is in the public interest... bathong
Say what?
SANEF are law unto themselves...
What's next ? Ask a journalist to commit a crime in order to expose the police response time? Wow!🙄
Prosecution will also be for the public interest bcos justice need to be seen to be done.
Its utter nonsense,prosecute. The journalist compromised the elections finish and klaar
You are mad , they must face the music they citizens
Instead of fixing the system they wanna punish those exposing it. Smh - it was in the public interest!!!
So journalists can kill for public interest?
Nonsense
Dakiwe
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