Bonginkosi Khanyile (left) and Visvin Reddy have been found guilty of inciting violence ahead of the May elections. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
The Electoral Court in Bloemfontein has fined firebrand MK Party leaders Visvin Reddy and Bonginkosi Khanyile R150 000 each, wholly suspended for five years, for “inciteful” comments made in the lead-up to the 2024 general elections.
This after the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) asked the court, in documents filed in early May, to sanction them.
In a 94-page affidavit, IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo asked the court to nullify Reddy’s parliamentary candidature and fine him R200 000, submitting that he had made the comments in contravention of Sections 87 and 93 of the Electoral Act.
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