While Parliament will miss a deadline set by the Constitutional Court to amend the Electoral Act, Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says Parliament is legislating successfully and adds there is no reason to panic about the Electoral Amendment Bill.
In June 2020, the Constitutional Court instructed Parliament to amend the Electoral Act to allow people not belonging to parties to be elected to the National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
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A group of several civil society organisations says Parliament has not met its obligations set out by the Constitutional Court in its work on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
<p>The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has adopted a report recommending that the National Assembly reappoint Glen Mashinini as a commissioner of the IEC.</p>