BCP enters F/town West fray

Whyte Marobela, a losing candidate in the BDP primary elections had, two weeks ago taken the party to court, querying irregularities in the primary elections won by Ignitius Moswaane. On October 31, a day before the IEC was receiving nominations for the by-election, Justice Tshepo Motswagole ruled that until the party gave Marobela a fair hearing, the BDP candidate would be disallowed from the November 23 by-elections. Despite the court ruling, Moswaane tried and failed to register as a BDP candidate.

Moswaane and the BDP then approached the courts to challenge the IEC decision.