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IEC extends submission for candidate nominations

23rd August 2021

By: Thabi Shomolekae

Creamer Media Senior Writer

     

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The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa announced on Monday that political parties and independent candidates intending to contest the local government elections scheduled for October will have until 21:00 on Monday to submit their nominations and prescribed election deposits.

The IEC said only registered political parties may contest elections of municipal councils by way of party lists.

Currently, there are 480 registered parties of which 298 registered on a national level and 182 parties are registered at a district or metropolitan level.

To date, 97 political parties and 353 independent candidates have either captured their nominations or have submitted nominations.

The commission will have until Friday to notify political parties and independent candidates of any non-compliance in respect of outstanding documents.

The final list of candidates will be certified and published on September 7.

Meanwhile, the IEC has approached the Constitutional Court to have the local government elections postponed, saying that it is not possible to hold free and fair elections during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The commission wants the court to declare that it can hold the local elections outside of the required 90-day period and to direct that the elections can be held no later than February next year.

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