Over the past few months, some politicians and political parties have asked that the elections be postponed, citing the Covid-19 pandemic.
On social media, Mboweni said “rumours” regarding the elections should not be entertained.
The question of the local government elections will be explained by Minister Dlamini-Zuma and the IEC. Forget rumours!Attempts to get additional comments from Mboweni were unsuccessful at the time of publishing this article. Any comment will be added once received. “The minister is not empowered to postpone the elections to a date beyond 90 days after the expiry of the term of the municipal councils, as prescribed by section 159 of the constitution,” said Dlamini-Zuma.
“There is currently no court order that would excuse the minister from fulfilling her constitutional and statutory obligations. If the minister is forced to proclaim the election date before judgment by the Constitutional Court, she may explain that she has been advised to do so to fulfil her constitutional and statutory obligations.”
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