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The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has announced that national chairperson Apostle Mxolisi Phakathi will replace Zandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi as the eThekwini mayoral candidate.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

‘We are scapegoats’: MK Party official pushes back amid candidate list probe

The scandal could decide who runs Durban — while an academic warns it could turn violent.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read
ANC supporters at the party’s local government elections manifesto launch. The ANC is facing a host of challenges ahead of the November 4 local government election.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

LGE 2026: How ANC's internal chaos threatens the party's election prospects

The ANC enters South Africa’s 4 November 2026 local government elections under pressure after candidate-list disputes and internal legal battles.

  • Wendy Jasson Da Costa
  • Willem Phungula
5 min read