Skip to main content
Menu
♥ Donate
eventREF E-0013149Revised

Event record

ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections

ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections

ANC logo Image source

Updated
22 Aug 2019
ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections

ANC logo Image source

Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), dismissed proposals by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to defer elections in the Empangeni region, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). In its report, the IEC raised concerns over the volatile situation, which could render elections not free and fair in Empangeni. Minister of Constitutional Development and Communications Roelf Meyer supported Mandela in saying that deferment was not a viable option as it would create constitutional problems as well as worsen political tensions. Source: Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for April, p. 39942.

Search events by date

What happened on your birthday?
View more events from this day
Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013149

South African History Online (2011) 'ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013149 (Accessed: 16 August 2026).

South African History Online, ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013149, (accessed 16 August 2026).

"ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013149. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "ANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013149.

Further reading

Oyster Bay Place

Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay or “Oesterbaai” in Afrikaans, is a small coastal hamlet and resort located about 22.5 kilometres (14.
Popular Content
Mooivallei, Dairy Farm Place

Mooivallei, Dairy Farm

Mooivallei Suiwel is a cheese and butter producer based at Bonnievale, a town in the Breede River Valley in the Western....
Popular Content

SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →

Contribute to this record0 comments

Comments are reader contributions. They are not part of the archival record.