Overview
- The Electoral Commission reiterated on Wednesday that it will not accept late candidate nominations and said its system logs show no internal outage during the 28 August cut-off.
- The ANC says a small number of its candidate entries were not finalised on the day of lodgement and that those items are being worked on with IEC officials.
- Multiple smaller parties and opposition groups say they submitted full lists on time and have publicly warned the IEC against giving the ANC any special treatment.
- If the ANC failed to submit names for particular wards or municipalities by the deadline, the party risks being left off the ballot in those contests on 4 November.
- The IEC notes the nomination portal opened on 21 June, is undergoing external testing and audits ahead of the election, and has directed parties to raise procedural disputes in the National Political Liaison Committee or pursue legal channels.