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ANC hasn’t dodged the election bullet

  
Making an X: Ekurhuleni residents vote for their chosen councillors in a by-election held last year. The local government elections are taking place on 1 November but the road to the is not a smooth one for the ANC. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) seemingly threw the ANC a lifeline this week when it reopened candidate registration for the local government elections, paving the way for the party’s candidates who had missed the original 23 August deadline.

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