Siyancuma forum set to remain on ballot for Ward 3 revote

The Siyancuma Independent Forum will remain on the ballot for next week’s Ward 3 revote in the Northern Cape, unless the Electoral Court rules otherwise.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) withheld the municipality’s election results after 100 ballot papers were destroyed during a tense counting session at Bongani Community Hall in Douglas last week.

The IEC has ordered a revote at Bongani Community Hall Voting Station (VD 6540027), Ward 3, Siyancuma Local Municipality, Northern Cape.
The decision follows the storming of the counting centre and the destruction of more than 100 cast but uncounted ballot papers.

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Eleven people, including the party’s leader, have since been arrested and released on R500 bail.

IEC provincial electoral officer Alkin Topkin says ballot papers are already being printed and the Commission cannot delay preparations while awaiting a court ruling.

“At this stage, they will be on the ballot paper. We are busy printing those ballot papers. Should the Electoral Court hand down a judgment ordering their deregistration, the Commission will obviously make the necessary adjustments. But at this stage, we do not expect that. It is already Friday. We have to get our ducks in a row. We cannot wait any longer.”

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Reporting by Warren Engelbrecht