In the audio clips, some express their frustrations that the candidates list for the upcoming elections have excluded CR17 supporters and are dominated by the so-called RET forces.

The commission has argued that the DA was second guessing it and implying that it had no ability to carry out its constitutional mandate to deliver these elections

Joburg Mayor Jolidee Matongo had been participating in a local government voter registration drive in Soweto, alongside Ramaphosa.

Jolidee Matongo was killed in a car crash as he was returning from a voter registration event in Soweto.

Jacob Zuma Foundation spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi described Friday’s judgment by the apex court as expected but disappointing.

The Jacob Zuma Foundation insisted that there had been a miscarriage of justice and that the former president was being bullied through the law.

Staffers at the governing party have had to contend with months of salary uncertainty, going as far back as 2019.

Advocacy group Freedom Under Law (FUL) said that political players could not act without any considerations of the consequences of their actions on the country.

African National Congress (ANC) head of elections Fikile Mbalula told journalists at a media briefing on Thursday that the party had never run a campaign in just six weeks.

Its head of elections Fikile Mbalula made the announcement on Thursday afternoon during a media briefing admitting the party has been inundated with disputes over its candidate selection processes.

Freedom Under Law, which was part of the previous matter, has joined again and said the DA’s application was impermissible and should not be entertained by the courts.

Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’ argument was simple: the DA’s interpretation of the recent Constitutional Court order is incorrect.

Kgalema Motlanthe, who currently heads up the ANC’s electoral committee to help in the selection of councillor candidates ahead of the municipal polls, took issue with Hlomane Chauke, accusing him of lying about the committee’s resolutions.

The main opposition iss arguing that the only amendments permitted following the recent Constitutional Court order is for the voters’ registration to take place.

Carl Niehaus was fired last week after failing to provide the party with a sufficient explanation behind a media alert inviting journalists to watch him and others lay a criminal complaint against the ANC top 5.

The Jacob Zuma Foundation has confirmed that a thanksgiving prayer reception event will take place in his honour.

The party has set aside three days to help organise the different lists that must be submitted to the IEC.

Sources in the party told Eyewitness News on Monday that clashes between the interim provincial committee (IPC) and the provincial list committee (PLC) had derailed efforts in the platinum-rich province.