The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Independent Electoral Commission’s application for a postponement of the fifth 2021 Local Government Elections to early next February.
After adopting justice Dikgang Moseneke’s report which recommended that elections will only be free and fair if they are held no later than February 2022, the IEC launched a bid in the apex court to have the polls postponed.
But the Democratic Alliance (DA) objected to the move, saying regular, free and fair elections were part of the foundational clauses of the Constitution and as such would require a super-majority of 75% in Parliament to be amended.
The apex court also orders the IEC to attempt to hold a voters’ registration weekend.
“The commission must within three calendar days after the date of the order to determine whether it is practically possible to hold a voter registration weekend with a view to registering new voters and
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