IN
THE
ELECTORAL
COURT
OF
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THE INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
APPELLANT
AND
THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION
RESPONDENT
CORAM: VAN DER WALT, PILLAY and MASIPA JJ
DATE OF HEARING:
DELIVERY DATE:
Dealt
with
in
written
submissions
only.
3.10.2001
JUDGMENT
VAN DER WALT. J
On 14 July 2001 by-elections were held in wards 5 and 12 of the Mandeni
municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.
The result of the by-election in ward 5 was as follows;
'the candidate of the Ubumbano Iwesizwe Independent Residents' Association
("UliRA"), Sibani Mdletshe, polled 360 votes;