Constitutional Court rules in Favour of ANC over late candidate submissions

• The Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the African National Congress in a dispute over candidates excluded from next month’s municipal elections.
• The commission said 66% of ballot papers had already been printed, including a significant proportion of those affected by the ANC’s challenge.
• A ruling in the ANC’s favour would leave the commission with ballot papers that could no longer be used, requiring them to be reprinted at additional cost.