IEC to give ruling on whether to postpone local government elections or not

The Independent Electoral Commission will on Tuesday release its report on whether the local government elections will take place as planned during Covid-19. This is after political parties argued that the polls would be disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, while others argued that the lockdown restrictions would hinder campaigning.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance has called for the elections to be held in October as initially planned, while the Economic Freedom Fighters wants them to be postponed by at least six months.

Former Deputy Chief Justice, Dikgang Moseneke , is expected to make the ruling

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