Local government elections promise to be fascinating
By Dr Sithembile Mbete It’s confirmed, South Africa’s local government elections will happen in 2021. This follows months of uncertainty after the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) applied to the Constitutional Court to postpone the elections to 2022 because of concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions would prevent free and fair elections. On Friday, 3 September the Constitutional Court dismissed the IEC’s application and ruled that the […]