About this episode

The episode analyzes the ANC's recent court case against the IEC regarding late candidate list submissions and the internal accountability issues it raises.

The ANC has in the last few days embroiled itself in a 'late' submission dramatic spectacle, after they allegedly failed to submit some of their candidate lists on time to the IEC last week Friday. In this analysis episode, we unpack what the consequence for this might be and how the ANC is potentially crumbling internally over who should take accountability for this saga.

People in this episode

Host: Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh

Topics covered

• politics
• accountability
• elections
• internal conflict
• candidate lists

Keywords

• ANC
• IEC
• candidate lists
• court case
• political accountability
• elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ANC, IEC

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