LAST Friday’s judgment against the Independent Electoral Commission has been described by political analysts as a major blow to the governing ANC, which supported the postponement of the local government elections.
The ANC is struggling to come to terms with a blunder that saw it fail to register hundreds of candidates for the election, meaning it cannot participate in elections in 94, or more than a third, of SA’s 278 municipalities.
This means the party could lose many councils, and runs the risk of dipping below 50% of the nationwide vote.
The ANC has set a target of winning more than 55% of the vote nationally during the local government polls.
In 2016 it won 53.9%.
According to the Sunday Times, the ANC plans to use Friday’s Constitutional Court order forbidding the postponement of the local government elections to argue that the Electoral Commission of SA must reopen the candidate
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