The ANC’s top brass gathered on Thursday to discuss the way forward after the party lost its outright majority in May’s general election, confident that it still holds considerable sway over policy in a government of national unity (GNU).

The three-day meeting of the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) will no doubt spend much time reflecting on the party’s 17 percentage points slump to 40% of the vote, ushering in a coalition with nine other parties...

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