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ANC, DA in spat over claims of 'cadre deployment' in Western Cape municipality | News24

The ANC in the Western Cape is gearing up for another fight with the DA and has threatened to haul its provincial leader to the Public Protector.

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1932

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11

1969

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1974

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Kirk, Ronald (1954-- )

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16

1973

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1977

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Nov

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1967

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(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights"

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Luke, Wing Chong (1925-1965)

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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”

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Knoxville College (1875- )

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