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In KwaZulu-Natal, the votes of next week’s by-election will be a test of whether the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is able to consolidate — at local government level — the electoral gains made on 29 May, when it took 45% of the vote in the province. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS

MK party set to test electoral gains in 23 by-elections next week

The battered Economic Freedom Fighters has not fielded candidates for any Durban by-elections

Paddy Harper

Zandile Gumede, the corruption-accused former mayor was not allowed to attend the elective meeting. (Gallo Images/The Times/Jackie Clausen)

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Zandile Gumede nominated in absentia as ANC eThekwini regional chairperson

But the corruption-accused former mayor was not allowed to attend the elective meeting

Paddy Harper