THE Zanu-PF observer mission has castigated attempts to discredit the South African national elections in the wake of claims of double voting with some videos circulating on social media of some people committing the mischief.

South Africans cast their votes in the country’s national elections on Wednesday.

In an interview with a South African television station, Zanu-PF secretary for Business Liaison Sithembiso Nyoni, who is heading one of the ruling party’s teams observing the elections, said the incidents were too few to affect the poll outcome while the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) was well equipped to trace those double voters.

Nyoni is part of the 11-member election observer mission, chaired by Patrick Chinamasa, dispatched by President Mnangagwa to observe the South African polls.

They broke into three teams led by Chinamasa, Nyoni and Simon Khaya Moyo respectively.

Nyoni said allegations of electoral irregularities will always be there, the commission has confidence in the capacity of the IEC in addressing the concerns.

“We visited about 20 polling stations and we were very careful in terms of observing how the elections were being run. These allegations will always be there, but the important thing is, according to what we saw, it is possible to trace who has voted twice because your system is tight.”-State media