This came after the former majority party approached the superior court seeking to halt the MK Party from the continued use of the name and logo of its former armed wing.
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress has labelled the criticism of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban as misplaced after it found in 2024 that the party should have applied for a review to the Electoral Court.
After the MK Party successfully applied for registration, the ANC objected to the registration with the Electoral Commission of South Africa . Section 20 of the Electoral Commission Act places the jurisdiction to review a decision taken by the IEC with the Electoral Court, which is the stance emphasised by Judge Mahendra Chetty of the High Court.
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