MK joins calls from other parties for a recount of election results

Johnathan Paoli

uMkhonto weSizwe Secretary General Sihle Ngubane has requested a recount in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Mpumalanga amid allegations of ballot paper rigging in many parts of the country including in the Western Cape.

In a letter on Friday, Ngubane lodged a dispute to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) administration about the electronic counting system which in their view did not accurately reflect the overall percentages.

“You will recall that we did request the information regarding the IT service providers you appointed, which would have helped us do due diligence about them and the system they would have used thereof,” Ngubane wrote.

The secretary-general demanded an immediate switch to manual counting, especially in KZN but including Gauteng and Mpumalanga as well.

The current percentage of votes counted in the province stands at 96.96%, with MK leading with 45.36%, followed by the Inkatha Freedom Party