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ANC prepares to lose absolute majority in 2024

ANC officials paint an uncompromising portrait of the party and its continued loss of voters, ringing alarm bells before the July policy conference and announcing a strategy for securing power in areas it still controls. [...]

Published on 30/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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South Africa
ANC prepares to lose absolute majority in 2024

South Africa
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ANC pushing to curb party funding law's transparency clauses

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ANC concerned at South Africa's declining influence on continent

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