The ANC has taken its dispute with the Electoral Commission to the Electoral Court, challenging the exclusion of 181 of its candidates from the 4 November local government elections.

The National Briefing · Sep 9, 2026 · 8m

The ANC has taken its dispute with the Electoral Commission to the Electoral Court, challenging the exclusion of 181 of its candidates from the 4 November local government elections. The party says the candidates’ details were captured and uploaded onto the IEC’s system before the deadline, but the final electronic submission was not completed. Does this expose deeper problems within the ANC’s candidate nomination and verification processes?

Guest: Prof Susan Booysen, political analyst at Wits University