Electoral Court of South Africa
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Oct 19, 2026
Sy MamaboloGUEST
and that is getting those candidates on ballots, produce the ballots, ensure that the correct ballots reach the voters on the second with special votes and so on.
Sy MamaboloGUEST
But the other critical element that the Commission took into account As soon as the Electoral Court said to us when they dismissed the appeal of the ANC, at that point it gave us almost the propulsion to start
Bongani BingwaHOST
with the printing process.
Sy MamaboloGUEST
Because had we waited longer than then, we would not have been able to produce any ballots for the country in sufficient quantity.
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The Apex Court's order restores 181 ANC candidates across six municipalities, namely Sundays River Valley, Walter Sisulu, Nkuza Hill and Port St. John's in the Eastern Cape, Yumshuathi in KwaZulu-Natal and Mangang Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State.
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The dispute originated in September when the ANC approached the Electoral Court after the IEC had rejected 181 of its nominations, comprising 130 PR ballot and 51 ward ballot candidates.
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The technical glitch occurred when electronic submissions failed to clear the final step on the IEC's system before the strict August deadline.
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Mbalula acknowledged the heavy emotional and administrative toll of the events, noting that it inevitably disrupted the local campaign machinery.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
The ANC staffer's failure to click the all-important submitter's final button on the nomination portal for these areas in time would have spelt a major blow for one of the party's traditional strongholds, the Eastern Cape.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
The Electoral Court found this oversight to be crucial because not submitting meant that the party could still edit its nominations if it wanted to.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
The ANC appealed.
Graeme RaubenheimerHOST
The DA, the awkward National Coalition partner, argued against the ANC, claiming that if it were to be allowed to bypass the submitter's final button, it wasn't treating all parties equally and fairly.
Rammaka Steven MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Three, the appeal is granted.
Rammaka Steven MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Four, the order of the Electoral Court is set aside and substituted the following: 4.1, the decision of the first respondent, which is the Electoral Commission, to refuse acceptance of the applicant's party list, which is the ANC, and ward candidate nominations in respect of Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, Walter Sisulu Local Municipality, Ngquza Hill Local Municipality, Port St Johns Local Municipality, Umshwati Local Municipality, and Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is set aside.
Rammaka Steven MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4.2, the first respondent, which is the Electoral Commission, is directed to do all things necessary to include the party lists and ward candidate nominations mentioned in paragraph four of this order in the lists and nominations onto the ballot papers and all other relevant processes for the purposes of the 4th November 2026 elections.
Rammaka Steven MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Five, costs are reserved.
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Last month, the ANC claimed that the IEC's candidate capture system experienced technical disruptions on the final submission day, resulting in the candidate lists for six municipalities being rejected by the IEC.
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The Electoral Court ruled in favour of the IEC, after which the ANC appealed to the Constitutional Court to have the ruling overturned.
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The Apex Court set aside the IEC's decision and ruled that it must include all the ANC's lists on the ballot.
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While the win bolsters the ANC ahead of the election, the DA is warning that the judgment raises serious concerns about the precedent it sets for complying with the IEC's deadlines and requirements.
Piet CroucampGUEST
At first, when we heard that the ANC They didn't submit on time because they didn't push that button.
Piet CroucampGUEST
We thought the electoral court has an easy case here.
Piet CroucampGUEST
They can argue it wasn't uploaded.
Piet CroucampGUEST
The ANZ has been doing this for years.
Piet CroucampGUEST
Like all other political parties, all political parties must be treated equally.
Piet CroucampGUEST
And it was actually a clear-cut position, and the Electoral Court also decided, more or less confirmed what we thought initially.
Piet CroucampGUEST
But then, as I listened to the Concord and the arguments, it suddenly became a little bit more complicated.
Piet CroucampGUEST
The vote is a right to choose.
Rammaka MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Three, the appeal is granted.
Rammaka MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Four, the order of the electoral court is set aside and substitute the following.
Rammaka MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4.1, the decision of the first respondent, which is the Electoral Commission, to refuse acceptance of the applicant's party list, which is the ANC, and ward candidate nominations in respect of Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, Walter Sisulu Local Municipality, Ngquza Hill Local Municipality, Port St Johns Local Municipality, Umshwathi Local Municipality, and Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is set aside.
Rammaka MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4.2, the first respondent, which is the Electoral Commission, is directed to do all things necessary to include the party lists and ward candidate nominations mentioned in paragraph four of this order in the lists and nominations onto the ballot papers and all other relevant processes for the purposes of the 4th November 2026 elections.
Canny MaphangaCORRESPONDENT
Um, I think from Monday when the technicality was introduced about what the legislation says and what the regulation states, that there was some form of a loophole there that didn't create a kind of foolproof meaning of submissions and what compliance meant with respect to these, uh, party lists.
Canny MaphangaCORRESPONDENT
And I think the atmosphere was very different when they came in, uh, today for the judgment where the ANC seemed sure that, uh, victory was there.
Canny MaphangaCORRESPONDENT
And of course, uh, the Constitutional Court gave that ruling, which basically set aside the Electoral Court order that upheld the IEC's decision that disqualified basically 181 counselor candidates across six municipalities, which are quite critical to the, uh, ANC, uh, with respect to their electoral fortunes in that particular province.
Canny MaphangaCORRESPONDENT
So the stakes were quite high for the ANC, which explains the chaos that ensued after that.
Mandy WienerHOST
And the ANC is in the Constitutional Court today.
Mandy WienerHOST
It's taken that Electoral Court ruling on appeal to the Constitutional Court that the Electoral Commission of South Africa must still accept its candidate list for those municipalities where it failed to submit a list by the final deadline.
Mandy WienerHOST
It's all about the button.
Mandy WienerHOST
It's all about what button they pushed or didn't push.
Mandy WienerHOST
So they've lost their case in the electoral court, but they're appealing.
Mandy WienerHOST
They're saying that they've got a constitutional right to participate in the local government polls on the 4th of November.
Mandy WienerHOST
So that argument currently underway in the constitutional court at the moment.
43 MINS LATER
Mandy WienerHOST
Thank you so much for joining us today.
Nfundo TualaCORRESPONDENT
The ANC argues that candidate information was captured in the IEC's online system before the 28 August deadline, but administrators were unable to complete the final submission.
Nfundo TualaCORRESPONDENT
However, the IEC told the Electoral Court that its audit records show no system activity in two of the six municipalities at the centre of the dispute.
Nfundo TualaCORRESPONDENT
For Uchakaranda Newswatch, I am
Dani PainterHOST
Nfondo Tuala.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Mm
Oratile KekanaHOST
... obviously lost at the electoral court, which they are appealing at the Con Court next week.
Oratile KekanaHOST
So it's not, I think in, in the run-up to the election as a party, you want everything to be smooth sailing, to not have the hiccups that w- that we're seeing the ANC have leading up to the election-
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Mm
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
And now the question mark has extended to whether or not the people on their ward and PR lists are gonna remain there, because this matter's gone to the Con Court now.
Oratile KekanaHOST
Yeah.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Uh, sorry, to the Electoral Court.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
And from the Electoral Court now it's going to the Con Court for the Eastern Cape ballots.
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