IEC chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya said PAC candidate Seropane Alton Senyane Mphethi  was sentenced on 7 June 2016 to 18 months in jail without the option of a fine. The case was in relation to a 2008 murder case in which a man was beaten to death at Mpheti's home. 

''This disqualifies him from holding elected office to the National Assembly or a provincial legislature. The commission dismissed all other objections for failing to meet the constitutional and statutory criteria. The majority of these objections related to unproven allegations,'' Moepya told journalists at a briefing in Johannesburg.

The IEC received at least 52 written objections by the 2 April deadline. Twenty nine objections were against ANC candidates, 19 against the BLF, 13 against EFF candidates and four each against the DA and the Land Party.  The ACDP, AIC, ACM and ATA got one objection each.

Moepya would not divulge what kind of allegations were lodged against party candidates, saying the commission could only act within the prescripts of the law and the constitution.

''The commission has written to the objectors and the political parties concerned to advise them of the outcome of the process. Any objector, party or candidate aggrieved by the decision of the commission has until 11 April 2019 to appeal the decision to the Electoral Court .''

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