Holomisa welcomes ConCourt ruling on excluded party candidate lists

United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment, which ruled in favour of allowing the African National Congress (ANC) and other affected political parties to submit their excluded candidate lists for the November fourth local government elections.

The ruling has reinstated previously disqualified candidates across six municipalities.

LGE 2026 | UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the party welcomes the Constitutional Court judgment allowing other affected parties, including the ANC, to be accommodated. https://t.co/oCNXgN0CUl — SABC News (@SABCNews) October 17, 2026 Holomisa spoke to the SABC during UDM campaigning at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro on Saturday.

“We welcome the judgment by the ConCourt and also the decision taken by the IEC allowing parties that found themselves in a similar position as the ANC to submit their candidate lists.

There was an impression if you listened to the judges, when they sort of said this judgment is only going to affect the ANC only, but we argued and raised our hands and said this is a precedence, a case law therefore we qualify and as result those areas which were not covered in the same category like the ANC, other parties will now be accommodated by the IEC.” VIDEO | LGE 2026 | UDM responds to Constitutional Court on ANC candidate list matter