But the court concurred that there was not sufficient argument to alter lMPs’ contested split between provincial and proportional votes
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A majority judgment held that the stipulation was unconstitutional and reduced it to a 10th of the number stipulated by the new electoral act
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The reprieve came on the day the 18-month deadline to amend the Act to allow independent candidates to stand for the national and provincial legislatures expired
An ANC member has accused the Free State speaker of flouting the Electoral Act after the ANC list was changed twice, resulting in Mxolisi Dukwana being sworn in as a member of the provincial legislature
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Counsel for the Economic Freedom Fighters are seeking to force the disclosure of records showing who bankrolled the CR17 campaign
The leader of the new One South Africa Movement says his former party has set itself on a course away from multiracialism after its recent policy conference
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In implementing the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling, legislators will need to rethink the closed list system
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Smaller parties are threatening court action. But this does not automatically suspend the results of the election
The opposition is being extra vigilant over ballot boxes in the 2019 polls