Former President Jacob Zuma threatened Saturday to take legal action seeking to stop the announcement of South Africa’s election results as scheduled Sunday, demanding that allegations of vote-rigging made by his party be addressed first. Zuma spoke after his party announced that it was seeking a re-run of the elections, saying it had submitted evidence to the Independent Electoral Commission proving its allegations of widespread irregularities.
Zuma did not elaborate on the details and nature of the vote-rigging allegations, but his party's officials said they include allegations that the electoral body’s IT system had been tampered with when it had technical glitches Saturday. “We are going to need the time. Nobody must declare tomorrow, no. If that happens, people will provoke us because we know what they are doing,' Zuma said. “We are not guessing, we know.
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