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Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani youth recruitment programme aimed to upskill and uplift around 500,000 young, unemployed individuals.
POLITICS
Despite efforts by ANC provincial chairperson and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi to retain Gauteng, the party only managed to secure 34% of the votes, a 15% drop from the 2019 elections. Confidence in winning over the base in townships was not enough to overcome the loss in the suburbs.
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