South African general election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 april 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which has been in power since the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority.

Corruption allegations

South African national police commissioner Jackie Selebi told the South African Parliamentary ad hoc committee on safety and security that the police had arrested a group of people alleged to have links with Al-Qaida 5 days before the elections suspected to be trying to disrupt the election. Work by the South African police service led to the arrests of people in Jordan, Syria, and the United Kingdom. Quantities of South African passports were found in London indicating corruption in the Department of Home Affairs http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,80595,00.html/1.

Related Topics:
Jackie Selebi - Al-Qaida - Jordan - Syria - United Kingdom - London - Department of Home Affairs

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