ANC fails to submit candidate lists

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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer and Ricardo Teixeira. They discuss the reports that the ANC has not managed to submit all of its candidate lists for the upcoming local government election. They also answer some listener questions, talk about the future of Denel and the Airlink flyover.

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