IEC set to prepare ballots as ANC faces exclusion in six municipalities
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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has finalised the list of candidates who will contest the 4 November local government elections, leaving the ANC to face the consequences of a candidate list blunder that has resulted in the exclusion of 181 of…
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What happened
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has finalised the list of candidates who will contest the 4 November local government elections, leaving the ANC to face the consequences of a candidate list blunder that has resulted in the exclusion of 181 of…
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