Vote recount set for 2 eMalahleni voting stations
Party tensions boiled over at Witbank Police Station after a newly elected councillor was allegedly attacked in Siyanqoba.
Ballots at two voting stations in eMalahleni are set to be recounted after allegations of vote-rigging.
The recount will take place at the Pine Ridge Combined School Voting Station and the House of Miracles Voting Station in Ward 35.
Violence in Siyanqoba
This comes after an incident in Siyanqoba yesterday, in which a newly elected DA councillor was allegedly assaulted and had his cellphone stolen.
Members of the ANC and DA subsequently gathered at Witbank Police Station, where tensions between the parties escalated.
Witbank News contacted the IEC for comment. By the time of publication no response had been received.
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