The Constitutional Court will on Friday hear an urgent application by the Electoral Commission of SA, which wants the local government elections postponed.
The commission contends that, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is unable to organise constitutionally compliant local government elections that will be free, fair and safe on that date.
The commission appointed former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke to inquire whether the commission would be able to ensure a free and fair local government election if held in October this year, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown regulations. Their submissions are premised on the anticipated fourth wave of Covid-19 infections and time constraints.
The DA further contends that the risks posed by Covid-19 can be managed and it will in fact be safer to hold elections in October 2021 than in February 2022.
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