Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality
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Oct 16, 2026
speaker_0NARRATOR
With the election just 19 days away, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula directed provinces, national structures, and every capable member to immediately deploy resources to assist the regions and districts in the six municipalities affected by the landmark ruling of the Constitutional Court upholding the ANC's appeal and directing the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa to include previously rejected ANC candidates on the ballot.
speaker_0NARRATOR
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.
speaker_0NARRATOR
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.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The technical glitch occurred when electronic submissions failed to clear the final step on the IEC's system before the strict August deadline.
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.
Wayne SussmanGUEST
I, I hope I make myself clear there, that I think of those 181 positions available, the ANC is gonna fill 98 to 105 of them.
Wayne SussmanGUEST
If you take the Eastern Cape, John, and you and I know it's an ANC stronghold, because of the problems in Port St. Johns, uMzinyathi, Sundays River Valley, and Walter Sisulu, the ANC, before the election even begun, was likely to lose at least 9%, that's a significant number, of its councilors in the Eastern Cape.
John PerlmanHOST
Yes.
Wayne SussmanGUEST
So just today in the Eastern Cape, in Mangaung, the morale must be lifted.
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.
Rammaka MathopoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Five, costs are reserved.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
A last-minute announcement for the four municipalities in the province.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
The Democratic Alliance has announced Karen Smith as the mayoral candidate for Sundays River Valley, Matthew Nell for Walter Sisulu, Stam Voyane for Ngqza Hill, and Mbongeni Codana for Port St. Johns Local Municipality.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
The party believes its by-election vote outcome in municipalities like Ngqza Hill and Port St. Johns over the years gives them hope that they will do well in the upcoming local government elections.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
The DA's provincial leader, Andrew Whitfield, says while their strategy may be deemed self-serving and focused on numbers as opposed to serving the people, he believes only numbers can guarantee their service to the people.