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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – The Electoral Court has postponed several by-elections which were due to be held in at least four provinces across the country due to the Covid-19 adjusted level 3 lockdown.<\/p>\n

The court made its decision on February 4 when it authorised the postponement of by-elections scheduled to be held during March due to the continued Covid-19 level 3 lockdown restrictions which prohibit political activities.<\/p>\n

IEC spokesperson Kate Bapela said this brings to 24 the number of ward by-elections which have been postponed since the start of 2021 due to the second Covid-19 wave and its associated restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Electoral Commission approached the Electoral Court for approval to extend the period within which the by-elections scheduled to be held on March 3, 2021, and March 31, 2021, to a date not beyond 120 days from the date of the Court Order,\u201d Bapela said.<\/p>\n

On March 3, by-elections were due to be held at Intsika Yethu Local Municipality, Port St Johns; King Sabata Dalindyebo and in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro \u2013 all of them in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n

KwaZulu-Natal was supposed to have a by-election in one ward in Mhlathuze, while Mpumalanga was supposed to hold one at Emalahleni.<\/p>\n

The province is also due to have three by-elections \u2013 two wards in Mhlathuze and another in Pongola on March 31. Limpopo province was also supposed to have a by-election at Mogalakwena on March 31.<\/p>\n

Bapela said all these by-elections have now been rescheduled for May 19 along with those by-elections which had previously been postponed in January.<\/p>\n

In January, the Electoral Court also postponed by-elections in Ekurhuleni\u2019s ward 43 in Gauteng; in Nqutu in KwaZulu-Natal and Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s decision also affected elections which were due to be held in February at the City of Joburg\u2019s two wards in Gauteng, one in Maluti a Phofung in the Free State and two wards in the Limpopo towns of Makhado and Fetakgomo Tubatse.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, by-elections were supposed to be held in four wards in Tshwane in Gauteng, one each in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape and one at eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n

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