On Thursday May 8 black bags with ballot papers found at a Lynnwood Ridge park in Pretoria, Eyewitness News reported, \u201cMost of the papers were apparently in favour of the Democratic Alliance (DA), but this cannot be independently confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n
An audit has found black bags with the ballot papers were in fact counted, DA Leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.<\/p>
In a tweet, she said the Gauteng ballots papers may have fallen off a truck but investigations into the incident are continuing.<\/p>\n
Sources say the black bags were discovered by residents this morning and collected by an unknown man earlier in the day.<\/p>
Reports are also coming in that two ballots boxes have been found hidden between and inside shacks in Alexandra, North of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is also claiming that a ballot box was dumped in Diepsloot.<\/p>\n
A ward counsellor in the area confirmed that ballot papers were found in the township.<\/p>\n
Abraham Mabuke told EWN, \u201cA lot of ballot papers have been found at Cobra Street, Diepsloot, by school kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says he went to collect the papers himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose ballot papers are the correct ballot papers for the national and provincial elections and are marked in favour of the ANC.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says it isn\u2019t aware of any ballots that were dumped but confirmed it received two complaints from political parties.<\/p>\n
The commission says it has forwarded these complaints to its provincial structures to investigate.<\/p>\n
In addition, it has also emerged that voters in the North West weren\u2019t given provincial ballot papers when they cast their ballots.<\/p>\n
The IEC says this too is under investigation.<\/p>\n