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Former SABC boss and African Content Movement (ACM) leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng is being courted to take over the troubled Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality as political parties scramble to fill the mayoral vacuum. The Mail & Guardian understands that Motsoeneng is being approached by other political parties in the council to take over from ANC mayor Malekula…
The ANC in Tshwane will demand the mayoral position even if the party fails to win local government elections later this year outright but manages to secure a majority in council, its regional secretary George Matjila said. “The position of the ANC is that where we are the majority, we must lead. In the event…
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Friday warned members of his party to be prepared for possible political persecution, including imprisonment, as South Africa heads towards local government elections later this year. At the start of a strategy meeting of senior EFF leaders, Malema said the elections would not be “purely domestic” and…