IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini said on Friday they had agreed to approach a competent court of law to ask to postpone the elections until February.
The Electoral Commission has accepted the recommendation of retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke that it would not be safe to hold the national local government elections in October in the wake of an increasing number of Covid-19 infections and deaths.
The IEC was reacting to the Moneseke Inquiry report, which was presented to it on July 20 in which Justice Moseneke strongly warned about holding elections while millions of people have yet to receive vaccination against the deadly virus. In his warning, Justice Moseneke said: “On all expert evidence, many lives are likely to be lost unless we reach a certain community immunity. The nearest point of safety will be February 2022 when there is likely to be a high level of community immunity.
“The postponement, therefore, should not be longer than strictly necessary to save lives and limbs,” he said. Agreeing with the report, IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini announced in Pretoria on Friday that they had agreed to approach a competent court of law to ask to postpone the elections until February.
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