The Electoral Commission plans to clear the backlog of all outstanding by-elections on the 11th of November this year.
The scheduling of by-elections in 96 wards in 56 municipalities follows the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the country is to move to alert level 1 which will include the lifting of restrictions on political activities.
According to the IEC, 18 of these by-elections will be in the Eastern Cape.
The scheduling also follows consultations with the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as well as represented political parties via a special National Party Liaison Committee meeting held yesterday.
By-elections have not been held since March of this year because of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
