The ANC has lost its outright majority in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality for the first time since 2002 after the UDM swept Mthatha’s affluent, ratepaying suburbs. Frustrated by deteriorating services, dry taps, potholes, and uncollected refuse, middle-class residents turned their backs on the governing party in favour of the opposition.
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