The Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court has postponed the case against Musawenkosi Mnikathi, an area manager for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), who faces charges for allegedly transporting election materials without a police escort during the general elections on May 29.
Members of the uMKhonto weSizwe (MK) Party who laid the complaint against Mnikathi attended the case.
Defence advocate Ashleigh Jennings says the case was postponed because the prosecutor is sick.
“What is happening today is that we came back and we have got electricity and we have water, but we don’t have a prosecutor, so the matter has been adjourned to the 26th so that our application can be dealt with. After that, I hope I will able to give you a full interview but at the moment I cannot say much because the matter is still in court.”
Meanwhile, the MK Party’s spokesperson for the Moses Mabhida region, Carry Ngcobo has expressed their frustrations over the delays.
“As MK, we are quite frustrated that each time the verdict has to be issued there is something that delays the process and that is why we are so frustrated and we believe that the outcome of this case will have a huge impact, especially on the fact that when we stated that we were robbed and our votes were rigged after the general election in May 2024, it was as if we were just pulling strings. So, this case will definitely prove that and they are just having to delay tactics to run away from that fact.”
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