Businesswomen Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndlovu says she feared for her life after alleged bribe payments to former Defence Minister and Parliament Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
The online registration portal does remain open for now but will also close once Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa officially proclaims the election date.
Up to 23 people were feared dead on Thursday after a major earthquake in Japan, with four bodies now pulled out from the tangled wreckage of a shopping mall ripped apart by a suspected massive gas explosion.