I have no power to take steps to ensure that the Independent Electoral Commission obtains a seat on the Municipal Demarcation Board. The Board consists of no fewer than seven and no more than 10 members appointed by the President in accordance with section 8 of the Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act No. 27 of 1998 (“the Act”). The Act also requires the selection panel to consider all applications and from amongst the applicants compile a list of nominees which must then be submitted to the Minister, whereafter the President must make the required number of appointments from the list.
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