# The DA says the ANC’s internal operational failures should not be excused for the party to be allowed to bend the rules of candidate submission for the November local government elections. At least 181 ANC candidate names were not captured and uploaded on the IEC system before the deadline of the 28th of August. The party blamed a technical glitch with the system. The DA’s legal team argued before the Electoral Court that all parties were equally subject to the IEC’s timeline, and all were well aware of the deadline.
DA urges the Electoral Court to oppose the ANC’s ‘weak’ case on unsubmitted candidate lists