Dren Nupen of the Elexions Agency, which is running the ANC’s 2017 elective conference, stands near the stage, microphone in hand. Her hair is bundled in a loose, silvery knot on the top of her head. She is wearing a white and blue Elexions Agency bib over her dress. "Quiet comrades, you need to hear these nominations," she shouts into the microphone over the din in the dimly lit marquee, erected for the Mpumalanga ANC provincial general council in Nelspruit last week.

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