Voters removed from Vryheid roll

The Independent Electoral Commission has removed more than 1500 people from the voters' roll in Vryheid, IEC chairwoman Pansy Tlakula said on Wednesday.

   

Possible voter registration fraud sparked the move and police had been asked to investigate, she told reporters in Durban.

   

The by-election for ward 22 of the Abaqulusi municipality scheduled for April 24 was postponed after it was alleged that hundreds of people registered in the ward did not live there.

   

Tlakula said 1525 people were removed from the Ward 22 voters role.

   

-Sapa