Controversial former ANC MP Boy Mamabolo says Mamabolo National Congress, which was registered with the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) on Friday, is not a political party but a non-profit company (NPC).

Mamabolo has been battling the IEC over the registration of Mandela For President, which faced opposition from both the ANC and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

“We did not register any party called Mamabolo National Congress, it’s an NPC which won’t even contest elections. It is an NPC that will be in support of Mandela For President party, once IEC confirms registration,” he explained.

According to Mamabolo, he is spearheading the building of a tripartite alliance which will be announced soon.

“The Mamabolo National Congress will mobilise all the ‘Kolobe clans’ and all people who are bearing the Mamabolo surname to support our political party,” he added.

The IEC announced in a notice published in the government gazette on Friday that it had received an application of registration of a party in terms of the Electoral Commission Act.

“Notice is hereby given that the Mamabolo National Congress is applying for registration in terms of the Electoral Commission Act, 1996 (Act No. 51 of 1996),” read the notice.

The commission said the date on which the application will be or has been submitted to its chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo was August 1.

The abbreviation of the name of the party is MNC and it has a distinguishing mark or symbol bearing the ANC’s black, green and gold colours.

The IEC urged anyone wishing to raise an objection against the intended registration to do so by written notice in which are set out the grounds for the objections and which must be delivered at the office of the chief electoral officer within fourteen days after the publication from Friday.

Boy Mamabolo failed to make the cut for the ANC in last year’s national and provincial elections and he was unsuccessful in court.

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