Race against time to fix rain-damaged KZN voter stations in time for poll

IEC provincial spokesperson Thabani Ngwira, IEC head of outreach and stakeholder engagement Nonhlanhla Hlongwane, acting provincial electoral officer Ntombifuthi Masinga, and KZN SAPS spokesman Brigadier Jay Naicker at an IEC briefing on Monday.Several disruptions, including municipal guards preventing IEC officials from accessing voting material, and post-flood damage have caused a shaky start to elections in KwaZulu-Natal.

Acting provincial electoral officer Ntombifuthi Masinga told journalists at a media briefing on Monday that voting was delayed in certain areas because of road blockages which were linked to service delivery protests."As a commission we are pleased to report that operations are going well. However, we are aware of minor incidents that have been reported which were hampering our services.

She said service delivery protests had flared up in areas in the north and south of the province, including Mandeni, Ndwedwe, Maphumulo, Ubuhlebezwe and Umlazi. "Other incidents involved municipal security guards locking gates which delayed area managers from leaving the commission's local offices to deliver material in Maphumulo," said Masinga.

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