Orrin Singh27 June 2024 | 6:50
Court to decide whether to criminally charge IEC official found in possession of ballot boxes
Musawenkosi Mnikathi was arrested by police in Plessislaer, near Pietermaritzburg in May after being found in possession of ballot paper boxes.
Ballot boxes at Rosebank Junior School in Cape Town on 29 May 2024. Picture: Skhu Nkomphela/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - A magistrate in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court is expected to decide on Thursday whether to press ahead with criminal charges against an Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) official.
Musawenkosi Mnikathi was arrested by police in Plessislaer, near Pietermaritzburg, in May after being found in possession of ballot paper boxes.
He appeared in court on Wednesday and the case was postponed for the magistrate to rule on whether Mnikathi should be charged in a criminal court or for the matter to be transferred to the Electoral Court.