THE Independent Electoral Commission’s Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said on Monday that the candidate nomination submission will close on Tuesday at 5pm.
According to the IEC, in terms of the election timetable, the cut-off date is Tuesday, 21 September 2021 at 17h00.
“Only registered political parties may contest elections of municipal councils by way of party lists,” said Mamabolo.
“Failure to make payment for election deposits, to submit a party list, candidate names or sufficient supporters (i.e. 50 names of supporters registered in the ward being contested, in respect of the independent candidate) on 21 September 2021 by 17h00 will result in automatic disqualification of the party or independent candidate affected.”
This comes after the Constitutional Court backed the electoral authority’s decision to allow political parties more time to register candidates for municipal elections.
The judgment enables the ruling African National Congress to field candidates in all of the
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