The lockdown has interrupted public consultations on ward demarcations, while 37 by-elections around the country are on hold.
The disruption of the municipal ward demarcation process by the Covid-19 lockdown regulations is likely to result in the 2021 local government elections being delayed until at least November next year.
Masego Sheburi, the deputy chief electoral officer responsible for electoral matters at the Electoral Commission of South Africa , said this week that the Municipal Demarcation Board responsible for ward delimitation for the 2021 poll would only be able to finalise its work between August and November. “This occasions a corresponding delay in setting the election programme, in terms of being able to hold the election from mid-August. We must now adjust to mid-November.
Sheburi said the IEC had asked for a meeting with Dlamini-Zuma to discuss the election and hoped to have done so before the end of May. “A key consideration is that while it is theoretically possible to make adjustments to the process at the voting station, you cannot MDB chairperson Thabo Manyoni said the public consultation process regarding ward demarcation had only been completed in Mpumalanga by the time the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed.
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