IEC races against time to deliver local elections, angering parties with extended candidates registration
The candidate nomination process will now be reopened, he said, which gives the ANC some room to sort itself out. Rival parties were hoping to capitalise on the governing party’s failure to register candidates in many wards.
He added that the IEC had held consultative meetings with Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and informed her that it would proceed with the registration weekend.‘It’s a mess’ - ANC faces election chaos IEC chief executive Sy Mamabolo said that funding for an additional date for special voting had been requested:
He said the IEC was ready to deliver the election despite the time constraints and that staff had been trained, with software uploading and other logistics already concluded.
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