News has emerged that during the voter’s registration weekend which took place on 9 and 10 November, the Randfontein Local Municipality’s public safety vehicles were used to transport residents to different Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voter’s registration stations throughout Randfontein.
These are allegations leveled by Cope West Rand region Leader and Cope’s head of elections, Solly May who says that this can be seen as the ruling party’s strategy to buy votes ahead of next year’s National and Provincial elections.
“I personally saw the council’s public safety vehicles ferrying people around to the registration stations throughout Randfontein like a hired taxi.
“This necessitates me to ask questions from the relevant head of department as to what was going? I feel as though they trying to buy face and that will not work.
“Owing to this, I approached the MMC for Public Safety at the municipality, Brenda Mahuma and she seemed surprised.
“She said that she does not know what I am talking about.
“I know what I saw and my question is, why go through the trouble of transporting people throughout Randfontein if you are not trying to buy votes,?” says May.
The Herald has contacted the municipal spokesperson Lucky Chiya who says that he knows nothing of this nature and challenges May to provide proof of his allegations.
“As far as I’m concerned, no political party is supposed to interfere with the Independant Electoral Commission (IEC) processes.
“However, we will be investigating these allegations and it is only then can we act,” says Chiya.
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