South Africa: From Vote-Rigging Claims to System Glitch - MK Party Narrows Election Challenge

South Africa: From Vote-Rigging Claims to System Glitch - MK Party Narrows Election Challenge

The MK party wants technical experts questioned over a two-hour interruption in the IEC's election results system, but the commission argues the case is another failed attempt to challenge the 2024 election outcome.

Zuma's MK party drags IEC to court over 2024 election blackout

Former president Jacob Zuma’s MK party has hit back at accusations that its bid to overturn the 2024 election results is the act of a “grumpy loser.” The party insists that a two‑hour blackout of the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) live results dashboard may have compromised the integrity of the polls. The Electoral Court heard the party’s bid to have the 2024 national and provincial elections set aside on Wednesday. Urgent applicat…

Electoral Court Reserves Ruling On MKP Matter Alleging 'Vote Rigging' During System Outage

Johannesburg – The Electoral Court has concluded the hearing of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) application to set aside the 2024 National and Provincial Election results. The MKP is contesting election results because it alleges that a system outage during vote counting allowed millions of its votes to be “wiped out” or manipulated. The Electoral Commission (IEC) rejects the MKP assertion and insists it was only a temporary technical glitch.…

MK Party asks Electoral Court to test IEC audit trails in 2024 election challenge

Simon Nare The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) asked the Electoral Court on Wednesday to refer disputed technical issues around the IEC’s audit trails and results management reports to oral evidence, arguing that the commission’s explanation for the 2024 results dashboard outage should be independently tested. The party is challenging the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) declaration of the 2024 national and provincial election resu…