Election Lists
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Mbalula’s office tied to elections list fiddling, Motlanthe reports
ANC officials have called for an investigation after the report by electoral committee head Kgalema Motlanthe found that the party’s list submitted to the IEC had been altered
A century of voter struggles told beautifully through people’s promise and despair
Martin Plaut’s book on the disenfranchisement of black voters in 1909 suggests comparison with today’s inflammatory party-list system.
Elections 2014: IEC upholds one candidate objection
The IEC says only one objection to candidates on the political parties’ lists has been upheld, after it received 45.
IEC receives 40 objections on election candidate lists
The IEC says it has received about 40 objections to election candidates and will consider all of them by next week.
Parties vet candidates to avoid embarrassment
Political parties say that their priority in putting forth their candidate lists this year has been to submit credible people with no bad records.
Elections 2014: Deadline closes for party list submissions
The IEC says at least 48 political parties have paid their deposits and submitted parliamentary candidate lists ahead of the deadline.
Mantashe questions minorities on ANC list
Some of the ANC’s National Assembly nominees did not deserve to be on the list, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said.
ANC list: It’s all about the comeback kids
The ANC’s National Assembly choices shows a list of former administrations’ MPs – and previously booted ministers – set to return to power.
DA challenges ANC to release election lists
The DA has dared the ANC to publish the names of candidates nominated to represent the party in Parliament after elections.