This is why the ANC did not announce individual mayoral candidates ahead of the elections
“It does make sense that you do not want to put forward one candidate because other who have fallen short might have gone through the process but fell short might not want to mobilise for the party,” he said.
The party announced more than one mayoral candidate for each municipality.
The party’s national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe also told the SABC that part of the reason a single candidate was not announced for each municipality is that those that did not make it may want to “defect” to other political parties.
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