A purge without a plan: The ANC may have just created its own opposition
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With just weeks to South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, the African National Congress (ANC) has made one of the most consequential interventions of its campaign: removing more than 350 councillor candidates from its lists following vetting…
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With just weeks to South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, the African National Congress (ANC) has made one of the most consequential interventions of its campaign: removing more than 350 councillor candidates from its lists following vetting…
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