Kgalema Motlanthe set to follow Thabo Mbeki in endorsing the ANC for elections.
Motlanthe, who has previously told British media house BBC that the ANC"… has to lose elections for the penny to drop", is expected to endorse the ruling party at the ANC pavilion at the Rand Easter Show in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg, on Friday afternoon.
Motlanthe will be Gauteng ANC's guest at the at Black Eagle Conference Venue, where the party has been campaigning and engaging with voters on its manifesto ahead of the May 8 elections. The ANC got a backlash from the middle class in the previous municipal elections and lost major metros - Tshwane and Johannesburg - to the DA, which is now governing in coalition with smaller parties.
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