New parties scramble to meet voter support deadline

Change Starts Now has already given up, but others say they will meet the Electoral Act threshold by Friday

03 March 2024 - 00:00 By Kgothatso Madisa and SISANDA MBOLEKWA

New political parties hoping to be on the national ballot in all provinces in May are in a race against time to submit the signatures of at least 100,000 supporters from across the country to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) by Friday. ..

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