While the families of eight people killed in a shooting spree in Nelson Mandela Bay fear the murders will not be prioritised by police, four people have already been taken in for questioning after a suspected hideout in Summerstrand was infiltrated on Friday.
Allegations that a bodyguard was brandishing an automatic firearm at a voting station where KwaNobuhle’s Ward 43 by-election is set to take place on Wednesday will be probed by the electoral commission.
Only 68 of 902 registered voters who applied for special votes cast their votes for the Ward 43 by-election on Tuesday, IEC Bay manager Crosby Bacela said.
The EFF's win in a ward in Nelson Mandela Bay in 2016 has inspired a first-time councillor candidate for ActionSA to test her chances of winning over the community's support in a by-election.