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Minority president? | IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa could be the opposition's candidate for president after the election.
Minority president? | IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa could be the opposition's candidate for president after the election.
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What happens if the ANC fails to perform in the election, and the EFF and Jacob Zuma's MKP decide to eject President Cyril Ramaphosa at the first sitting of Parliament? Adriaan Basson has a hypothesis.

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