Independent candidates challenging Electoral Act must wait until August

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Independent candidates who wanted to stand in next week’s general elections had asked the Constitutional Court to halt the polls

Claudi MailovichIndividuals not affiliated to any political parties who want to contest in general elections will only possibly get a chance in 2024, if the Constitutional Court finds sections of the Electoral Act barring them from doing so is unconstitutional.

The minister of home affairs and the Electoral Commission of SA opposed the application. The president and the speaker of the National Assembly, who were respondents, did not oppose the case. The applicants had appealed against a judgment of the Western Cape High Court which dismissed their application to have independent candidates included in the coming elections.

 

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