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    "African Content Movement",
    "African National Congress",
    "African Transformation Movement",
    "ANC",
    "Coalition Politics",
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    "DA",
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  "textContent": "In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that councillors must come to council even if they were sick",
  "title": "Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor"
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