BLF won't challenge Electoral Court ruling confirming deregistration
Black First Land First leader Andile Mngxitama said he will not challenge Tuesday’s Electoral Court decision confirming that his party is no longer a registered political party.
The court had ruled on Tuesday in favour of the Independent Electoral Commission , which had in July deregistered the leftist radical movement after the Freedom Front Plus had complained about the party member's racist stance. The deregistration of the party comes after it was found that they had contravened Section 16 of the Electoral Commission Act which states that the IEC may not register a political party which indicates that persons will not be admitted to membership of the party or welcomed as supporters of the party on the grounds of their race, ethnic origin or colour.Mngxitama said he would not use the appeal option, which was available to the BLF.
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