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South Africa’s 2024 election nomination challenges

Three urgent applications over nomination deadlines reached the Constitutional Court.

Coverage through 2024-05-20 · Sources checked 2026-11-07

What this record covers

A historical summary based on the Court’s explanatory media note which is not the binding judgment. Coverage ends on 20 May 2024.

Position at the coverage date

The Court dismissed Labour Party’s request for direct access and ACT/AASD’s requests for leave to appeal though the minority would have granted ACT limited relief. [s1] [s2]

Record details

Cases
CCT 106/24, CCT 113/24 and CCT 114/24. [2024] ZACC 7. [s1]
Dispute
Applicants alleged nomination-system failures. The Electoral Commission disputed that account. [s1]

Sources & evidence

  1. [s1] Constitutional Court of South Africa

    Nomination challenges: official media summary (repository text)

    Official court summary, text version · Accessed 2026-11-07

  2. [s2] Constitutional Court of South Africa

    Nomination challenges: official media summary (PDF)

    Official court summary, PDF · Accessed 2026-11-07

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Public update history

— First source-linked edition. Coverage is limited to the dates stated above.

— Reviewed titles and explanatory text against the copywriting rules. Source links, dates and data are unchanged.

— Repaired links to the official court repository text and PDF. Coverage and legal findings are unchanged.

— Titles and explanatory text passed the copywriting and source-consistency checks. Sources and data are unchanged.