ANC chaos: Chikane, Lungisa and Mafu left off election lists
The ANC in South Africa is facing a candidate registration crisis after failing to submit names for several prominent figures and local council seats to the Electoral Commission. The party blames a technical glitch, while the IEC maintains the process was handled correctly by their systems.
Why it matters
This administrative failure threatens the ANC's electoral prospects in key municipalities and highlights internal organizational instability.
The ANC’s chaotic election candidate registration process with the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has left prominent figures such as ANC and government veteran Frank Chikane and NEC members Andile Lungisa and Nocawe Mafu off the proportional lists.
Chikane had been earmarked by the party as its answer to Helen Zille and the DA’s campaign for Johannesburg’s mayoral chain, while Lungisa had pinned his hopes on returning to the Nelson Mandela Bay council as the party’s mayoral candidate.
Mafu, who is the deputy sport, arts and culture minister, was recently announced as one of four candidates being considered for mayor of Buffalo City, the only metro the ANC still controls outright.
The IEC this week confirmed its system showed there were 2,274 candidate nominees from 45 parties whose names had been “captured” but were not formally submitted by the parties concerned.
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