Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will officially receive a comprehensive name list of the members serving in the national and provincial legislatures on Thursday, June 6.
This emerges only a few days after the official results of the general elections were declared by the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) on Sunday.
According to the statement of the Office of Chief Justice, it is a established practice in South Africa that following the announcement of the results of the national and provincial elections, the IEC hands over the list of members to the Chief Justice who then hands them over to the secretary to Parliament.
This is in preparation for the first sitting of the National Assembly.
“The Chief Justice also transmits the list of designated members of the provincial legislatures to the designated judges president who will preside over the first sittings of the provincial legislatures,” said the office of the Chief Justice.
At the Constitutional Court on Thursday at 2pm, the IEC is initially expected to give Justice Zondo the list of designated MPs and MPLs.
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