National Freedom Party out of the elections after losing last gasp bid

04 July 2016 - 13:23

By Genevieve Quintal

The National Freedom Party (NFP) will not contest the local government elections in August‚ throwing the party’s survival into doubt. This follows the Electoral Court’s decision to dismiss the party’s bid to be included on the ballot paper‚ after missing the Electoral Commission of SA’s (IEC’s) payment deadline.

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