Lungisa says ANC candidate list exclusion resolved
Lungisa launched an urgent court challenge against SG Fikile Mbalula over his exclusion.
South African National Congress (ANC) executive committee member Andile Lungisa claims the dispute over his removal from the party's candidate list for the upcoming local government elections has been settled. Lungisa had filed a court challenge against ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula following his exclusion from the candidate list despite being one of the initial shortlisted mayoral candidates for Nelson Mandela Bay.
Discussing the matter with SMMEs in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, Lungisa announced that the National Working Committee of the ANC has resolved the issue, and his name will once again be included in the list of preferred candidates. According to Lungisa, the ANC's constitution stipulates that after the elections are declared, parties have a two-day window to supplement their candidate lists.
This initial step is followed by a second process before councillors assume office. Lungisa emphasized that no complications arose during this process, allowing them to confidently encourage voters in Nelson Mandela Bay to support the ANC.
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