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The ANC Leadership Crisis Nobody Can Hide Anymore

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outh Africa’s political landscape is shifting fast.

As anti-illegal immigration groups ramp up pressure ahead of their June 30 deadline, questions around leadership, governance and collapsing municipalities are becoming impossible to ignore.

In this episode of This Is Politics, Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya unpack:

• Operation Dudula and rising anti-immigration tensions
• Why the ANC is struggling to find mayoral candidates
• The battle for Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni
• Helen Zille, Herman Mashaba and coalition politics
• Why Cape Town keeps dominating the governance conversation
• The long-term damage of the Zuma era
• Whether South Africa’s metros can still be saved

This is one of the most important political battles heading into the next local government elections.
28 May English South Africa Society & Culture · Government

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