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ANC loses case against IEC, calls for ‘calm, discipline’ from members
ANC loses case against IEC, calls for 'calm, discipline' from members
The Electoral Court has delivered a blow to the ANC ahead of the November 4 local government elections, after it dismissed the party's appeal against the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC's) rejection of 181 of the ANC's candidate nominations, across six municipalities.
The ANC argued that it had met the August 28 deadline to submit these and all its other candidates on the IEC's Online Candidate Nomination System but cited "technical failures" that had allegedly blocked final confirmation of the 181 nominations in…
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