ANC 'vote rigging' plan for December conference exposed
Councillor testifies that 4000 fake ANC cards with official stamps linked to the ANC Youth League were uncovered in Zuma's heartland
A northern KwaZulu-Natal councillor has claimed that they have uncovered thousands of illegal ANC members ahead of the elective conference in December. ANC councillor in Pongola‚ Nqaba Mkhwanazi‚ who gave evidence on Monday at the Moerane Commission which is sitting in KwaZulu-Natal to investigate political violence in the province‚ cited factionalism and corruption as being among the causes for the political killings that have ravaged the province. Mkhwanazi said the party had discovered 4‚000 illegal ANC membership cards bearing a fake stamp in the Zululand region. He said he believed there the fake members were linked to "certain branches" of the ANC Youth League. “We have submitted the list to the secretary general to investigate.” ANC provincial spokesman Mdumiseni Ntuli confirmed that the claims of fraudulent members were being investigated by the PEC. "This matter has been reported to us and we have investigated the list. Corrective action is being taken and we have gone to t...
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