Candidate list will feature expelled MK names

By Johnathan Paoli

THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed – it will be unable to remove the names of expelled members of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party from the candidate lists.

Effectively, this means that – for the first time – voters will be confronted with the option to still choose a candidate who no longer represents the political party they used to belong to.

IEC Deputy CEO Masego Sheburi said the electoral body would not be able to alter or remove some of the names of the MK party candidates – including former MK president and founder Jabulani Khumalo.

“In the case of the MK party or any other organisation – in terms of the law – leaders do not have a carte blanche right to remove any candidates’ names after the closing date,” said Sheburi.

Sheburi said that changes could not be made with the commission, but