Health experts had also expressed concern about a poll in the midst of a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The IFP and EFF have also been in favour of the postponement of the municipal poll to next year, though the IFP wanted it to be held in May.
The third wave had led to the IEC to ask retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke to conduct an inquiry into whether it would be conducive to have elections this year.Health experts had also expressed concern about the third wave. Gauteng was the epicentre of the third wave, but new Health Minister Joe Phaahla, said on Friday, they were worried that the infections were now rising in coastal areas.Political Bureau
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