JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Electoral Commission said on Friday that it would seek to delay municipal elections scheduled for October, after an inquiry recommended that they be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The inquiry said in a report published this week that it doubted the vote would be free and fair if held on Oct. 27 as planned. It advised that voting be deferred to a date not later than the end of February 2022, when more COVID-19 vaccines would have been administered and population immunity levels would be higher.