Durban teacher’s sentence for voting 24 times ‘not harsh enough’
The EFF has described the sentence handed down to a
Durban teacher who voted 24 times during the
local government elections as a slap on the
wrist.
Nomusa Gabuza pleaded guilty to contravening electoral laws this week.
The Umlazi Regional Court sentenced her to three years of correctional supervision and four years imprisonment, suspended for three years.
Prosecutors say before the voting station could open at her school last year, she cast extra votes for the party she supports.
While the NPA has welcomed the sentence, the EFF's Leigh-Ann Mathys says it wasn't harsh enough.
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"She was a presiding officer in the voting station at the same school where she worked. She knowingly and deliberately decided to compromise the integrity of our elections.
“Gabuza's sentencing is a slap on the wrist, voter fraud is a grave crime and its constituted by the undermining of our democracy.”
