LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED: The DA hammered the ANC in Emfuleni — the how and the why
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The most important result of the 2026 municipal elections is in Gauteng, and it’s not Johannesburg, Tshwane or Ekurhuleni. While these metros are pivotal, what happened in Emfuleni Municipality, a place of nearly a million people and the…
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