“The political party Black First Land First (BLF) was finally registered as a political party. The South African Electoral Court on Thursday rejected the BLF’s appeal against its deregistration in July this year,” says Dr. Pieter Groenewald, FF Plus leader. “In terms of section 16 (1) (c) of the Electoral Commission Act (Act 51 of..
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Controversial ‘Land or Death’ party BLF, finally deregistered as political party
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BLF bites the dust – IEC has deregistered the Black First Land First as a political party
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This is after an complaint by the Freedom Front Plus that the BLF excluded membership on the basis of race. According to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) statement: “Admissions by the BLF in its response to the appeal had served to clarify the position of the party, namely to exclude white people from membership.” The..
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FF+ goes to Electoral Court to have BLF deregistered as political party after BLF states that their membership is only open to black people
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The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) has approached the Electoral Court to have Black First Land First (BLF) deregistered as a political party. The party withdrew its first legal attempt against the BLF and instead appealed to the Independent Electoral Commission [IEC] to reverse a decision of its chief electoral officer to register the party. The..
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