ANC faces legal battle over disputed candidate lists

The ANC is considering approaching the Electoral Court after the party failed to meet the deadline for submitting some of its candidate lists for the upcoming local government elections.

The dispute has caused concern within the ANC in the Eastern Cape, where the party has been dealing with problems around candidate selection and list submissions.

Reports indicate that three Eastern Cape municipalities, Port St Johns, Ingquza Hill and Sundays River Valley, are among the areas affected by the missed submissions.

The situation has also exposed wider tensions within the ANC over the selection of candidates. Eastern Cape ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi has reportedly sought a municipality-by-municipality breakdown from the party’s national leadership amid disputes over candidate selection.

The ANC is now considering legal options to challenge the situation, with the Electoral Court potentially being approached over the candidate-list process.

The exact extent of the problem in the Eastern Cape remains unclear, with further details expected as the ANC and Electoral Commission deal with the disputed submissions.