THE Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa said on Friday it will move ahead and postpone South Africa’s local government elections, originally scheduled to be held in October 2021.
The commission cited the Moseneke Report published earlier this week as a key factor behind the postponement, as well as concerns around the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing a media briefing on Friday, IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini said that the commission unanimously accepted the report and will now urgently approach a competent court to have the elections postponed.
This will have to be either through the Electoral Court or the Constitutional Court.
“The Commission unanimously accepts the findings of the Moseneke Report. In particular, the Commission notes the rational and central thesis of the report that community immunity through mass vaccination must be considered as a desirable step in the conduct of a safe, free and fair election in the Republic,” said
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