In an order released on Friday afternoon, the country's apex court said the application by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to have the vote postponed had been dismissed.
The ConCourt has ordered that SA's local government elections must go ahead between October 27 and November 1 this year. File photo.The much anticipated municipal elections will go ahead next month after the Constitutional Court dismissed an application by the Electoral Commission of SA to postpone them to February next year.
The inquiry had pointed out that many political parties had not been given enough time to campaign ahead of the local government elections as lockdown restrictions and the ban on gatherings had blocked them from canvassing and making contact with their constituencies, which would undermine the fairness of the polls.
“The commission must notify the minister of and publicly announce its determination as soon as it has been made,” the court said. Eligible voters who wished to register to vote have now been given until 10 September to apply, after which Dlamini-Zuma is ordered to make a new proclamation.
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