南非选举委员会表示，一项关于非国大的宪法法院裁决并未重新开放候选人提名，并拒绝了MK党在11月4日市政选举前修改其名单的企求，约翰内斯堡是竞争最激烈的选区。
South Africa's Electoral Commission said a Constitutional Court ruling on the ANC did not reopen candidate nominations, rejecting a bid by the MK party to fix its list ahead of the November 4 municipal vote, with Johannesburg the most contested race.
南非选举委员会于周六拒绝了由前总统雅各布·祖马领导的MK党提出的在11月4日市政选举前修改其候选人名单的请求。选举委员会表示，最近一项关于非国大自身提名争议的宪法法院裁决，并未为任何政党创造重新开放候选人名单的普遍窗口期。
South Africa's Electoral Commission on Saturday rejected a request from the MK party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, to amend its candidate list ahead of the November 4 municipal elections. The IEC said a recent Constitutional Court ruling concerning the ANC's own nomination dispute did not create a general window to reopen candidate lists for any party.
这项决定使MK党在包括约翰内斯堡在内的几个关键大都市的原有候选人名单保持不变，分析人士认为约翰内斯堡是本轮选举中竞争最激烈的选区。一个联合政府已经管理着这座城市，议会席位的变动可能会重塑谁来控制南非的商业首都及其预算。
The decision keeps MK's original slate in place in several key metros, including Johannesburg, which analysts consider the most closely contested race in this election cycle. A coalition government already runs the city, and a shift in council seats could reshape who controls South Africa's commercial capital and its budget.
与此同时，MK党已表示可能会对该裁决进一步提起挑战，而选举委员会则强调选票已经在准备中，在如此接近投票日的时候更改候选人名单将面临推迟选举的风险。各党派正密切关注约翰内斯堡的选举结果，将其视为全国联合政治的风向标。
MK has signalled it may challenge the ruling further, while the IEC has stressed that ballots are already being prepared and that changing candidate lists this close to polling day would risk delaying the vote. Parties across the spectrum are watching the Johannesburg result closely as a bellwether for coalition politics nationwide.