Nominations close for 2011 municipal elections
24 Mar 2011
Acceptances of party lists and nominations of candidates for the 2011 Municipal Elections at local offices of the Electoral Commission (IEC) will close on 25 March 2011 at 17h00.
The Chief Electoral Officer, Adv. Pansy Tlakula, wanted to remind parties that tomorrow is the cut-off date for political parties to submit their notice of intention to contest and a party list of their candidates to the Commission's local representative. Parties must also pay the prescribed deposit with the supporting documents centrally or to the Commission's local representative.
Registered parties and nominators of independent candidates that intend to contest a ward election must also submit their nominations at the Commission's local representatives in the prescribed manner.
The notices must be accompanied by the acceptance of nomination by each candidate and a copy of the identity document of each candidate.