Lerato Mbhiza
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed that an employee behind the leaking of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s candidates lists has been axed.
The lists, which include personal information of the parties’ national and provincial candidates, made the rounds on social media last week.
On Monday, the IEC said it tracked the source of the leak.
The IEC’s chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said there were only two parties affected, and the official whose credentials were found to be used in the leak – although information was later deleted at the workstation – has been asked to provide reasons why action should not be taken against him.
Mamabolo defended the credibility of the IEC despite the very early leak of sensitive information from within its own ranks saying “The credibility of the commission is not dependent on a single factor
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