EFF media statement on fraudulent registration of ANC members by IEC officials

19 September 2023

The EFF in Limpopo is appalled and shocked by voter registration fraud in Ephraim Mogale Municipality, Sekhukhune Region at Mabule Primary, ward 01. The IEC officials colluding with the ANC at the said station or school, got involved in unethical and illegal activities of fraudulently registering people in favour of the ANC especially heading towards the 2024 general elections. We are of the view that these officials are ANC members hence the sympathy towards the ANC in this regard.

The IEC supervisor Mrs Julia Mabunda and staff members collected identity numbers from ANC members, verified, registered and changed addresses without the owners of the identity documents present at the station. Election fraud committed by Officials has been normalized by the IEC including conflicted SADTU members who are hired by IEC during elections to assist with registration process.

The EFF is of the view that the majority of IEC officials are conflicted and therefore not fit to play any administrative role in elections. We do however acknowledge that there are non-partisan officials in the IEC who are ethical in their conduct and committed to their work.

There are rogue and rotten potatoes that cannot separate work and politics. It is only through the intervention of the EFF that the implicated officials were dismissed. Our suspicion is that the tempering and manipulation of registration process could be widespread especially with SADTU members involved.

We must warn corrupt and unethical IEC Officials that the EFF will not tolerate registration fraud. The EFF will continue to expose these shenanigans by the IEC Officials and ANC wherever they raise their ugly head to ensure free and fair elections.

Issued by EFF, 19 September 2023