The IFP’s eThekwini Chairperson, Mdu Nkosi says they do not condone the latest violence that occurred in Durban’s CBD on Thursday night.
Nkosi says he has spoken to some of the residents and has pleaded for calm in the area.
Nkosi says he spoke with IEC officials before elections got underway to try and find out if some of the residents were in fact on the voters roll.
“I have been trying to explain the situation to these residents and called on them to go back to their hostels. I hope in future the IEC will be able to sort out issues like this one before it gets out of hand. Many residents were turned away at the voting station because they had registered somewhere else.”
Angry residents from Dalton Hostel in Umbilo went on the rampage. They are claiming that they were not given the opportunity to cast their votes on Monday.
SABC reporter, Ayanda Mhlongo says the residents disrupted services in the area.
They also damaged parts of the eThekwini College and torched a vehicle.
Meanwhile, more police vehicles have been deployed to the area to monitor the situation.
