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The constitutional court has granted parliament an extension of the deadline set in its New Nation Movement NPC ruling in 2020 to amend the Electoral Act to allow independent candidates to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures (David Harrison/M&G)

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Concourt gives parliament until December to amend Electoral Act

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

Emsie Ferreira