Vote-fix claims rock Eastern Cape ANC.

(From Business Day (South Africa))

Byline: Karima Brown

Vote-fix claims rock Eastern Cape ANC Political Editor THE fiercely contested provincial elections in the African National Congress's (ANC's) powerful Eastern Cape region have been rocked by allegations of vote-rigging, with at least two regions calling for the elections to be nullified and for a fresh vote. With only a year to go before the ANC's national elective conference, these allegations will deepen divisions and increase tensions as factions supporting President Thabo Mbeki (pictured) for a third term as party president and those opposing his continued leadership slug it out for control. It was …