Vice Chairperson, Commissioner Janet Love speaks to delegates at The Capital Empire Hotel in Johannesburg, 9 April 2019, after briefing the media on the outlines of determinations on objections against candidates nominated for national and provincial elections 2019. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
“The candidates we now have, unless reviewed by a court, are the candidates we have going into this election,” IEC commissioner Mosotho Moepya said yesterday. While the date for substitutions according to the IEC election timeline passed on March 28, on Monday ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula maintained there was a “secondary” list in case substitutions had to be made.
Then there is Minister Bathabile Dlamini, responsible for the social grants debacle, Minister Zweli Mkhize, Zizi Kodwa, Tina Joemat-Petersson, David Mahlobo, Faith Muthambi and Deputy President David Mabuza, all with various allegations against them.