The party has claimed that the president crossed the line into campaigning and broke the law when he addressed the nation three days before the May elections
The IEC set a hearing date despite the party’s bid to temporarily withdraw the case
The commission said the African Transformation Movement’s bid to overturn the outcome of the May election is meritless because it has no proof to back its claims
ATM president Vuyo Zungula said the party’s case was not dependent on another organisation and it was waiting for a court date
The party argues in court papers that its votes were ‘stolen’ because the IEC manipulated the voting process
The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections
The electoral court found that Khumalo was no longer a member of the party, a day after he filed a high court application to claim the right to be sworn in as an MP
Other parties flagged irregularities but want to distance themselves from MK and Jacob Zuma’s efforts to discredit the elections
The party is asking the electoral court to fine the ANC and to deduct one percent of the votes it secures in the election
The minister confronted the future deputy president of the SCA on the electoral court’s overturned judgment on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility for parliament
The hearing of the IEC’s appeal to the electoral court’s finding that Zuma was eligible for parliament saw a tense exchange between counsel and the bench
The former president’s legal team alleged a reasonable fear of bias but faced an uphill battle in persuading judges to recuse themselves from deciding if he is eligible for parliament
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has argued that the former president’s standing would erode the foundations of the constitutional order and the rule of law
The court’s reasoning for overturning the decision that the former president was not eligible to run for parliament rested on a misreading of law and case law, the electoral body argued
The treasury has not allocated additional resources to the court to deal with the likely increase in workload relating to the 2024 election
The party has until Thursday to respond to the IEC’s appeal on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to stand for parliament
The court agreed that it had no jurisdiction in the matter; it belonged before the electoral court and no other forum
The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections
The electoral commission said its application for leave to appeal was urgent because the outcome would affect the choice millions of voters make in May
Jacob Zuma will be the first presidential candidate to be on the ballot paper and a charge sheet simultaneously
ANC ‘only has itself to blame’ for missing deadlines to oppose the registration of MK
IEC rejects claims local government elections results are late, despite promising to finalise them by Wednesday
The party had lodged the application after it failed to submit proportional representative council lists in municipalities across five provinces in time
The party is in danger of losing five KwaZulu-Natal municipalities over a registration flop, but counts the absence of political murders as a win
The party has blamed the Covid-19 lockdown for not submitting its candidates list to the Electoral Commission of South Africa on time
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IEC chairperson Pansy Thakula has applied to the Constitutional Court against her proposed dismissal, which followed a public protector report.
President Jacob Zuma has granted IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula’s request for a special leave of absence.
The Electoral Court has ruled that a full inquiry will be heard in an application seeking the resignation of IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula.
Planning Minister Trevor Manuel is seething with anger about the distribution of a pamphlet that claims he has urged voters not to vote ANC.
The IIEC will announce the list of final candidates in upcoming elections only after the Electoral Court has ruled on the eligibility of candidates.
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/ 3 September 2008
Numerous electoral disputes may need to be resolved during next year’s election, as the number of parties has almost quadrupled since the last poll.