Case In Point | IEC decision implications / Lawyers stealing deceased estates

South Africa is less than 2-months away from a highly contested local government election. Thousands of candidates are meant to contest council seats countrywide. However, over 2 000 of them from 45 political parties are already out of the race. The Independent Electoral Commission says they missed the crucial submission deadline, of the 28th of August. Is the IEC working within legal constraints, or insisting on a kind of exclusion, that will deny voters their democratic rights?
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Tshwane Metro Police Department officer, Peter “Gagash” Nonyane, and his wife, estate attorney, Charlotte Tibana are accused of defrauding deceased estates accounts. They are facing 43 charges of fraud, theft, and money laundering. They deny the allegations. But how do affected families reclaim their stolen inheritance?

We ask the hard questions.

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