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After DA defection: ANC strategically deploys regional chair to lead Cape Town caucus

The ANC has responded decisively to last month's defection of its Cape Town caucus leader by appointing influential Dullah Omar regional chairperson Ndithini Tyhido to the role. The 52-year-old Khayelitsha community leader brings significant grassroots experience and has been given an explicit mandate to challenge the DA-led municipality on service delivery failures in working-class areas. This strategic appointment signals the ANC's renewed commitment to confronting what it describes as Cape Town's 'unequal, divided' governance system.