The IEC said counting had to be relocated because of the missing ballots that disappeared during the two-day special vote.
Provincial Electoral Officer Kayakazi Magudumana said at one polling station in Buffalo City, counting had to be stopped because ballots were missing.
At the second station, a total of 10 ballots went missing from the special voting.
She said that these remain missing after further verification.
Magudumana said: “The 10 ballots remain missing. We’ve opened a case against the presiding officer; there is an investigation going on as well with the security forces because the storage is not ours.”
Magudumana also said they have also had to dismiss presiding officers in the province who were caught transporting political party agents.
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Babalo Ndenze
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