Staff Reporter
The ANC in Gauteng has brought on board a record number of 27,000 volunteers to garner support for the party ahead of the crucial May 8 general elections.
This was revealed by the party’s head of elections campaign in Gauteng Lebogang Maile during the launch of #ANCSundays at Busy Corner, Ivory Park on Sunday.
Maile said the party decided to add social engagements to the list of its election campaign programme, to ensure it reaches as many ordinary South Africans before the May 8 elections. Over the past few weeks, party leaders have been criss-crossing the province on a door to door campaign and visited a number of churches throughout Gauteng to garner support.
In 2016, the ANC in Gauteng lost two key metros – Tshwane and Johannesburg – to the Democratic Alliance led coalition. While the party managed to retain the Ekurhuleni metro through a coalition, it
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