The African National Congress (ANC) is yet to file its much-anticipated application with the Electoral Court to force the IEC to reopen the submission of candidate lists for the forthcoming local government elections.
This is despite the governing party’s earlier intention to file the papers before the end of business last Friday.
It wants the Electoral Court to instruct the IEC to reopen the process for a day to allow it to register almost 30 candidates in different municipalities across the country.
The ANC failed to register some of its would-be councillors by the cut-off time on August 23 citing technical glitches.
Yesterday there was still no record of any application filed with any court against the IEC.
ANC may not be able to contest elections in 30 municipalities:
Meanwhile, the United Democratic Movement has reiterated its intention to join the court application to request for the reopening of the registration for election candidates.
