FF Plus stands by its man as mayoral candidate’s apartheid-era murder conviction resurfaces
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Nelson Mandela Bay Freedom Front Plus councillor Bill Harington says he accepts that his past will remain under scrutiny as he seeks to lead the metro — but he and his party have questioned why his more than three-decade-old murder conviction has suddenly…
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Nelson Mandela Bay Freedom Front Plus councillor Bill Harington says he accepts that his past will remain under scrutiny as he seeks to lead the metro — but he and his party have questioned why his more than three-decade-old murder conviction has suddenly…
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