/ 2 September 2021

ANC’s electoral infighting is music to smaller parties’ ears

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Margins are closing: The ANC won 53.9% of the votes in the 2016 local government elections and the trend is downwards. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Branches in several provinces will go to court to challenge the ruling party’s final choice of councillor candidates for the local government elections

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