Midrand, South Africa, April 12, 2026 (AFP) - Cape Town mayor elected to lead S.Africa's second-largest party

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South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday to lead it into the 2029 national polls, stepping up a drive to take votes away from the faltering ANC. The election of Geordin Hill-Lewis, 39, as DA leader marks a reset for the centre-right and pro-businees party that entered the multi-party coalition government in 2024. "I stand before you as your newly elected leader with one promise -- however long......

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