LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Before their court battle, Andile Lungisa warned Mbalula of ‘electoral humiliation’

Reported by Daily Maverick · 1 hour ago · Angela Daniels and Andisa Bonani

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In an email to ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula before filing an urgent high court application over the removal of his name from the party’s candidate list, the party’s Andile Lungisa accused the national leadership of overriding branches and warned that Nelson Mandela Bay was ‘in free fall’.

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