The High Court dealt with an urgent application about the removal of Andile Lungisa’s name from the ANC’s proportional representation list for the forthcoming local government elections. It held that the removal was unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid, and ordered that his name be reinstated on the internal list. The court also directed that, if the ANC is lawfully afforded an opportunity to supplement its list, his name is to be submitted as part of that supplementary list.
This may be relevant to political party candidate selection, electoral list finalisation and urgent election-related court relief.
Evidence from source
This is an urgent application concerning the removal of the applicant's name from the second respondent's proportional representation list of candidates for the forthcoming local government elections.
Supports: Summary sentence 1: the matter was an urgent application about removal from the ANC list.
The removal of the applicant's name from the proportional representation list of candidates for the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay is declared to be unconstitutional, unlawful, invalid and of no force or effect.
Supports: Summary sentence 2: the court declared the removal unlawful and invalid.
The cut-off date for candidate nominations was 17h00 on 28 August 2026.
Supports: Deadline detected: the text states an explicit calendar deadline.