Author: Kennedy Mudzuli

Multiple award-winner with passion for news and training young journalists. Founder and editor of Conviction.co.za

The ANC has taken its candidate nomination battle to the Constitutional Court after losing a crucial Electoral Court challenge over the 2026 local government elections. Court papers filed by ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula show the party lodged an urgent application on 22 September 2026, asking the Constitutional Court to overturn the Electoral Court’s judgment and reinstate its candidates in six municipalities. The dispute centres on the Electoral Commission’s Online Candidate Nomination System (OCNS), the electronic platform political parties use to capture candidate information, upload supporting documents and submit party and ward candidate lists for local government elections. How the nomination…

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