Elections2019: Deadline looms for parties to comply with IEC requirements
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's political parties have until Wednesday to comply with the Independent Electoral Commission of SA requirements such as paying a deposit and forwarding candidate lists.
"As per the elections timetable, only those registered political parties which have paid their deposits and submitted candidate lists by 5pm on 13 March 2019 will be allowed to contest the elections. As at 9am today [Tuesday], 22 political parties had paid their deposits and 12 had submitted candidate lists. Approximately 34 parties had indicated their intention of contesting," the IEC said in a statement.
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