Local Government elections slated for 1 November 2021
Co-operative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced that the local government elections will take place on 1 November. The date will be officially proclaimed on the 20 September, following the scheduled voter registration weekend later this month.
The official proclamation effectively closes the voters roll and therefore voters can still register for the polls until that date. Dlamini-Zuma has been briefing the media.
“After consultation with the IEC, we have come to the determination that this year’s local government will be held on the 1st of November 2021. This is in accordance with the constitution read with the Municipal Structures Act as the Act prescribes that the election be held within 90 days from the end of the five year-term of local government. We will officially proclaim this date on the 20th of September 2021 after the voter registration weekend.
This comes after the Constitutional Court overruled IEC’s application to postpone the elections to next year. The commission had adopted retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s report calling for elections to be postponed saying under the current COVID-19 climate the elections won’t be free and fair.
Local Government elections slated for 1 November 2021
In other news, Duduzane Zuma set to contest for ANC presidency. No doubt he is not holding back. Duduzane Zuma has indicated that he has already begun his bid for the ANC leadership post. Not so long ago he indicated that he was set to contest for the presidency. We can all agree that he is keeping his word.
Duduzane Zuma, the son of former President Jacob Zuma, says he has begun processes in KwaZulu-Natal to contest the African National Congress (ANC) leadership at the next National Conference.
He has been implicated in the FreeZuma woes that have seen several allies of Zuma being nabbed. However, Duduzane has since distanced himself from the drama. He insists that his comments were taken out of context.
Duduzane Zuma has his political ambitions set high. He says he has already started rounding up branch support in KwaZulu-Natal in a bid to run for ANC presidency.
But so far it remains unclear just how much ground support he has within the ANC and the province. Duduzane is said to still be lobbying party branch members for a branch leadership position.