The Electoral Commission (IEC) tells the Electoral Court that the ANC failed to meet the candidate nomination deadline. The IEC says ANC officials were still using its candidate nomination system up to the closing time, rather than being affected by a technical failure that prevented submissions.
The IEC’s position addresses a claim that the ANC was not responsible for the late or incomplete nominations because of a system glitch. According to the IEC, there is no basis to treat the matter as a technical issue, and the focus should remain on whether the deadline was met.
Other reporting is not provided in the supplied sources, so the differing angles across outlets cannot be independently verified here. However, based on the IEC submission cited, the central dispute in court is attributed to ANC deadline compliance versus alleged problems with the nomination platform.
