No district council elections until local reps are gazetted: IEC

The Electoral Commission (IEC) says the election of local council representatives to district councils can only be done after the names of those declared to have been elected are published in the government gazette.

The uMngeni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has already held its first sitting.

The municipality was expected to elect three of its councillors to the district council however the IEC could not proceed with the election.

Provincial electoral officer Ntombifuthi Masinga says the Government Gazette only came out late on Friday evening.

“As a result the first council meeting was held at uMngeni municipality in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday, the commission however could not proceed with the elections of the councillors from UMngeni that were going to represent the municipality in the district council because the notice had not come out at the time the council meeting was held. This item was then deferred to the next meeting of council to allow the process to follow the duly prescribed legal process.”