How campaign managers herded ANC delegates like cattle
17 December 2017 - 00:00
Members of the two main campaigns for ANC leadership took extraordinary measures ahead of last night's presidential vote to try to isolate their delegates in North West from vote-buyers.
The Sunday Times can reveal that campaign officials for both Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa moved delegates who had committed to their candidates from their homes to specially arranged accommodation several days before they left for Johannesburg.
Campaign staff kept a close watch on the delegates, providing them with necessities such as toiletries, sanitary towels, cool drinks and condoms...
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