Johannesburg – Several opposition parties are going to court to try stop the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)’s decision to reopen the candidate registration process ahead of the local government elections.
The move, announced by the IEC on Monday, follows a Constitutional Court judgment for the municipal elections to go ahead between 27 October and 1 November.
The Constitutional Court also ordered that voter registration must take place, this has now been scheduled for 18 and 19 September.
But opposition parties have largely rejected the development and have questioned the commission’s credibility.
Some of the parties have even accused it of aiding the ANC so that it can make up for its failure to register candidates for nearly 100 wards.
With just seven weeks to go before the local government elections, South Africa is facing an obstacle course mainly made up of political challenges.
