Police probe allegations that MK party official forged signatures
Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale has told Eyewitness News that investigators are moving with speed to get to the bottom of the matter.
A man wearing an MK Party shirt attends the Shekainah Healing Ministries Prophetic Pillowcase service where Former President Jacob Zuma is present, in Phillipi, near Cape Town, on March 10, 2024. Picture: A man wearing an MK Party shirt attends the Shekainah Healing Ministries Prophetic Pillowcase service where Former President Jacob Zuma was present, in Phillipi, near Cape Town, on March 10, 2024. Picture: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP
JOHANNESBURG - Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale said that accusations that the MK party forged signatures to meet the requirements to register for the elections should be urgently investigated.
Mathale has told Eyewitness News that investigators are moving with speed, to get to the bottom of the matter.
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He said that elections must be contested with honesty and people must be afforded an opportunity to vote for leaders with integrity.
"At a particular period, in this case by the 29th, people must go and express. In fact from the 27th its special votes. People must go and express themselves, and at that time, this matter must be long concluded because if you don't, you allow people to express themselves on a fraudulent platform."