Kenneth Mokgatlhe writes that local government is the intimate sphere or aspect of government closest to the people. It is where residents are supposed to have a direct political relationship with the government, but that has not been happening.
Sources said that internal party polling had shown that it was on an upward trajectory before the row, which forced the party s KwaZulu-Natal leadership to take down banners in the predominantly Indian suburb.
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