Already two people and nine police officers were injured during a protest at the Mistake Farm in uMzinto on Saturday. Residents are unhappy about their councillor candidates.
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Voting stations remained closed at Mistake Farm following the community protest on Saturday. Cele had a stern warning for citizens who prevent others from voting by closing down voting stations or intimidating IEC staff members.
“Police are here to support the IEC. People who want to vote must be allowed and given that opportunity. Police must remove any form of any huddle the burning tires including people standing on the gates locking, police will assist IEC to open that.”
There was a heavy police presence at Mistake farm on Sunday. A traditional leader in the area Induna Fana Mbutho says this could have been avoided since the political party involved knew, for 8 years, that the community was unhappy with the councillor.
“The community does not want to vote for another political party but this one all they want is a change of councillor candidate.”
Cele says voting stations will be open on Monday and police will be monitoring all the hotspots. He urged all officers to steer clear of politics and uphold the law.
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