THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Monday it would approach the Electoral Court to allow it to postpone eight by-elections scheduled for Wednesday.
The decision to seek the court’s approval to postpone the by-elections follows the announcement on Sunday by President Cyril Ramaphosa of additional measures to help curb the Third Wave currently gripping the country.
Under the latest regulations, gatherings are banned, including political, cultural and religious meetings.
The June 30 by-elections were set to take place in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu–Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape across 48 voting stations.
More than 70 000 registered voters would have taken to the polls.
“Wednesday’s by-elections were the final by-elections scheduled to be conducted prior to the cessation of by-elections ahead of the Local Government Elections scheduled for October this year,” the IEC said in a statement on Monday.
“They were to have been contested by 40 candidates
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