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Political parties stand guard amid fears of ballot box tempering
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. SABC News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 04:24 UTC. The headline in use is “Political parties stand guard amid fears of ballot box tempering”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, has confirmed that some political parties are guarding outside the storage facility at Acornhoek where the ballot boxes are kept. This after some political parties registered concerns about security threats, alleging that ballot boxes might be tampered with at the storage facilities.
Story timeline
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- First reported by SABC News
Political parties stand guard amid fears of ballot box tempering
Reported by 1 outlet
- SABC News