Inaccurate and unverified ID numbers found on ANC election candidate lists

Mbalula disputes glitch was ever the IEC’s The briefing came after the ANC filed papers with the Electoral Court challenging a decision by the Electoral Commission (IEC) not to reopen candidate list submissions, following reports that a technical glitch on the IEC’s system had caused the party to miss the 28 August nomination deadline in some provinces.

Party admits gaps in its own vetting system Mbalula said national officials received a report identifying weaknesses in how the ANC verified candidate details before uploading them to the Electoral Commission’s system.

Plan to link ANC systems with Home Affairs and IEC Mbalula said the party intended to upgrade its membership database so that every member’s identity number could be checked against national population records, and would seek to establish a direct link between its own systems, the Department of Home Affairs, and the Electoral Commission so that verification would happen automatically in future, rather than being discovered after lists had already been submitted.