Just slightly less than six weeks ahead of the 2016 Local government elections, the ANC is to battling on many fronts to contain the fallout from a deep political crisis. The party is deeply divided and in its weakest state ever. It is not only struggling to contain the wider social, economic and political crisis, but it is also forced to fight to manage the internal factional battles which are threatening to tear it apart. To look at these new developments as we keep tabs on the Local Government Elections we are joined on the line by:
Dr Somadoda Fikeni Independent Political Analyst
ZANELE NENE: A Researcher at the Institutional Audit Directorate a former Political Science lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
MOSOTHO MOEPYA: Chief Electoral Officer wit the IEC
