Mantashe confident ConCourt will rule in ANC’s favour in lists case

ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe expressed confidence that the Constitutional Court will rule in the party's favor regarding the non-submission of candidate lists affecting 181 potential ANC councillors. The Electoral Court had previously dismissed the party's application to extend the deadline for candidate registration, blaming a technical glitch.

Mantashe, speaking in Cacadu, Eastern Cape, where he led an ANC door-to-door campaign ahead of local government elections, hoped that the highest court would prioritize logic over the matter. He emphasized that disenfranchising people was unacceptable and that the party's actions were about the right to vote for citizens. Mantashe also alleged that some individuals were using party members to destabilize the ANC in the Eastern Cape, highlighting recent court challenges against certain members and the High Court's dismissal of their application to nullify the party's candidate lists ahead of the local government elections.