BLF heads to Electoral Court over being de-registered as a party

Black First Land First, which does not allow white members, says the decision is ‘unjust’, and due only to pressure by the ‘racist’ Freedom Front PlusBlack First Land First filed its appeal with the Electoral Court on Wednesday to become a political party again after the Electoral Commission of SA de-registered the party earlier this week.

BLF deputy president Zanele Lwana said in a statement on Wednesday that the IEC had made an “unjust decision”, adding that, “This is a banning order against the BLF.” The IEC announced in a statement on Monday that it was de-registering the BLF as a political party‚ after the Freedom Front Plus appealed against the BLF’s registration because it excluded membership based on race.

The IEC defended its decision to approve the BLF’s registration in 2016‚ as it said the BLF’s constitution did not expressly exclude white people from membership. However, the IEC de-registered the party after its leader Andile Mngxitama admitted to the Electoral Court that its constitution excluded white people from joining.“We believe the IEC was bullied by the racist FF+ into banning our movement. The FF+ is terrified of BLF because it knows that we will ensure that land expropriation without compensation is a reality. BLF will take the fight right up to the Constitutional Court if needs be.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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