IEC confirms employee behind ANC, MK Party candidates lists leaking axed

JOHANNESBURG - The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed that an employee behind the leaking of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party's candidates lists has been axed.

The two lists were circulated on social media last Friday, hours after they were submitted to the commission. 

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A subsequent investigation indicated the leak came from within the IEC’s ranks.

“The commission confirms that the implicated official’s contract with the commission has been terminated,” said the IEC's chief electoral officer - Sy Mamabolo.