The IEC announced on Tuesday that only one of the 52 objections — spanning 10 political parties — was upheld.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has dismissed all of the 29 objections made by the general public against ANC candidates after the lists were opened to scrutiny two weeks ago.
The ANC in particular has faced severe criticism over the presence of certain individuals on its list who were implicated in allegations of corruption and state capture. on the list. The governing party took a decision to refer the list to its integrity commission for the body to scrutinise it.It is unclear whether the integrity commission would conclude its work by May 8, but Fikile Mbalula — the party’s election head — said on Monday that the lists may still change.The highest number of objections — 29 in total — received by the IEC were raised against ANC, with the second highest number being against Black First Land First with 19 objections.
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