Broke, divided and barely visible: the ANC limps towards 4 November
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With less than a month until South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya assess the state of the ANC’s campaign. They also talk about Johannesburg, where recent polling suggests the DA will not win an outright majority.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
This episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.
00:00 – Introduction: Election Season
01:55 – The ANC's "Ground Campaign"
02:45 – Funding and Organisational Strain
05:00 – Visibility on the Campaign Trail
06:05 – Regional Defiance of National Decisions
07:55 – Andile Lungisa and Luthuli House
08:45 – Frank Chikane Left Off the Joburg List
11:05 – Johannesburg Polling and the DA
13:00 – Coalition Models for Johannesburg
15:55 – Business Pressure and the National ANC
18:05 – The Coalition Timeline
19:55 – Tshwane
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