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New members of the African National Congress In Johannesburg, South Africa.
Michael Cohen and
S’thembile Cele
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South Africa’s governing African National Congress elected seven top officials to oversee the party for the next five years and steer it into a national vote scheduled for 2024.
The ANC is battling to rebuild support among an electorate that has been alienated by slipshod government services and rampant graft, poverty and unemployment. Its support dipped below 50% for the first time ever in a municipal vote last year and it risks losing its national majority in the elections.
