The Constitutional Court has ordered the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to hold local government elections between October 27 and November 1 this year. elections IEC
The Constitution Court has dismissed an the urgent application by the IEC, seeking to postpone the 2021 local government elections.
The Concourt further instructed the IEC to hold a special voter registration weekend – the date of which must be announced within three days of the order which was handed down on Friday. “The Commission must, within three calendar days after the date of this order, determine whether it is practically possible to hold a voter registration weekend with a view of registering new voters and changing registered voters’ particulars on the national voters’ roll in time for local government elections to be held on any day in the period from Wednesday, 27 October 2021 to Monday, 1 November 2021 ,” the order read.
The commission’s legal action followed the proclamation of the election date as October 27 by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
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