The IEC has ruled out any additional opportunity for political parties or independent candidates to capture nominations after the August 28 deadline, following concerns raised by the ANC.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has rejected the possibility of giving the ANC additional time to capture outstanding candidates after the party said technical problems with the Commission's online system affected some of its entries for the November 4 local government elections.
The Commission said it had not allowed, and did not intend to allow, any political party or independent candidate an additional opportunity to capture candidates after nominations closed at 5 pm on Friday, August 28.
This follows the ANC’s announcement that technical problems with the Commission’s candidate-capture system had affected a small number of its entries on the day nominations closed.
ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu said the party had successfully submitted the “overwhelming majority” of its candidates before the August 28 deadline.
