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SOUTH AFRICAN political parties have a fortnight to agree on coalition arrangements in a number of municipalities or submit to fresh elections after final results for last Wednesday’s polls were reported on Saturday.
The results made grim reading for the African National Congress (ANC) although a majority, 53 per cent, of voters backed the former liberation movement across the country.
But the ANC has lost control of key metropolitan areas — Nelson Mandela Bay, which includes Port Elizabeth, Tshwane around Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, formerly known as the East Rand, and the largest city Johannesburg.
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