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Politics● Low7m ago · Nov 8, 2026, 7:35 PM

Loss for the ANC in South African cities

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NOS Buitenland · Sub-Saharan Africa

The ANC, the party that liberated South Africa from apartheid more than thirty years ago, has been severely punished in local elections. Urban residents in particular are fed up with the ANC's poor governance and corruption at every level. For a long time, the party of the late President Nelson Mandela was the obvious choice.

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