ANC task team find irregularities in local elections

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

An ANC task team probing alleged irregularities in last year's local government elections candidate lists has found that the party's membership system had been manipulated.

The report showed that in many instances candidates for municipal elections preferred by branches were not selected for no apparent reason.

The task team, headed by now African Union Commission chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, investigated 419 ANC wards across the country.
The team handed over its report to the national executive committee at its meeting this weekend.

According to the Sunday Independent, the candidate lists were changed and tampered with, and unknown candidates were imposed on members.

The task team also found that government services were withheld from communities that did not select the councillors.

It was recommended that criminal charges and disciplinary action be taken and that ANC processes in 125 wards be redone.