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The KwaZulu-Natal police are working with multiple security groups to tackle potential threats of violence ahead of election day. (Alfonso Nqunjuna/News24)
The KwaZulu-Natal police are working with the SA National Defence Force, crime intelligence and private security companies in a bid to avert possible violence, both on election day and after the 29 May polls.
On Friday, a warning of possible protests was issued by security company Fidelity in KwaZulu-Natal, following a similar notice by banking group FirstRand on Thursday. Authorities say they are taking the notices seriously.
Earlier this week, the Constitutional Court found corruption-accused former President Jacob Zuma ineligible to stand as a candidate for the National Assembly because he was previously sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court, but his face remains on the ballot paper as the face of his new party, uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), according to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC).
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