Andile Lungisa has gone to court to challenge his removal from the ANC's candidate list, according to IOL. The report, published on Saturday, 12 September 2026, gives no further detail on the grounds of his challenge or the court involved.
The case lands amid a wider dispute over the ANC's candidate lists. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) said the ANC recorded no system activity in two councils during what the party described as final-hour "glitches," the Daily Maverick reported. The ANC has warned rival parties against trying to benefit from the list blunder, saying there would be no "backdoor wins," according to EWN.
The back-and-forth has also drawn in the opposition. News24 reported that ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula accused the DA of "political opportunism." The IEC has pushed back at the ANC in the candidate lists battle, ENCA reported.
Lungisa's court action is the latest front in a row that now involves the governing party, the electoral body and opposition parties, all contesting how the list errors should be resolved.
What to watch next: whether the court sets a date for Lungisa's challenge, and how the IEC and ANC resolve the broader candidate list dispute.