By Obakeng Maje
Taung- Seven people appeared before Taung Magistrate Court for damaging election material at a registration station in Taung, North West.

Three women and four men allegedly forced entry into a voter registration station at Itlameng Primary School days before elections, Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone.

Damaging election material is prohibited in terms of Section (1) (c) of the Electoral Act of 1998, he said.

The group arrived at the school and demanded registration material from IEC officials.

They then removed IEC banners from the school fence and set them alight before fleeing the scene.

Six suspects between the age of 20 and 33 were found guilty by Taung Magistrate court on Monday and ordered to pay R300 each for admission of guilty.

Thapelo Leiri,20, was acquitted by court after he was not linked to the case in anyway. Leiri is mentally-handicapped and kept hallucinating on the stand while bombarded with questions.

The suspects were subsequently arrested after they were on a strike for poor service delivery in Mase village, Taung.

The group representative Freddy Seruteng said they will never ever back-off and will continue with their march demanding tarred road in their area.

“We will continue with our march and we won’t stop until our grievances granted. We want tarred road in our area, not paved road” he said.

The community of Mase, Leshobo and Matlapaneng villages demand a tarred road that link Mokgareng village and their area.

Even though magistrate warned them about the case leveled against them how will it affect them in the future, they said they will never burge.-TDN
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