IEC Deadline Looms For Submission of Municipal Elections Candidate Lists

POLITICAL parties and independent candidates intending to contest the Local Government Elections have less than a week to submit their candidate lists, nominations and ward candidate details.

The elections are scheduled for 27 October 2021.

Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Mawethu Mosery, said in terms of the election timetable, the cut-off date for submission of nomination lists, nomination details and payment of deposits by parties and independent candidates is 5pm on Monday, 23 August 2021.

“Only registered political parties may submit candidate lists,” Mosery said.

The amounts to be deposited by parties and independent candidates to contest elections are as follows:

• R3 500 in respect of an election in a metropolitan municipality;
• R2 000 in respect of an election in a local municipality with wards;
• R1 000 in respect of an election in a district municipality; and
• R1 000 in respect of an election in a single ward for independent candidates