KZN
official's electoral fraud trial unprecedented - 12
June
Sindisiwe Mncube, an Ulundi Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
official, has become the first South African since the 1994
democratic elections to go on trial for electoral fraud. If the
court finds her guilty, she will also be the first person to be
convicted of such a crime. The trial will enter its third day on
Saturday in the Esikhawini Magistrate's Court near Empangeni on
the north coast. Mncube faces five charges of forgery and
violating the Electoral Code. - Mail
& Guardian website
IEC
officer guilty - 26 June
An Ulundi election officer on Friday became the first South
African since 1994 to be convicted of electoral fraud. The
Esikhawini Magistrate's Court on Friday found Sindisiwe Mncube
guilty on five charges of forgery and violating the Electoral
Code. - IOL website