The ANC has presented its eight candidates, which include journalist Mary Papayya, Advocate Benjamin Lekalakala and anti-apartheid activist and academic Saths Cooper.
CAPE TOWN - The African National Congress has managed to push through eight candidates to serve on the South African Broadcasting Corporation board, despite objections from opposition parties.
The DA and EFF's main objection relates to Cooper, the anti-apartheid activist that the parties have described as arrogant. DA MP Phumzile van Damme agreed to only two names and called for people with an accounting background.
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