South Africa might – if the ANC has its way – be reduced to six provinces in the next four years.

Though the proposal to have fewer provinces has regularly been raised by party officials, it appears that it has gained increasing support among delegates to the ANC policy conference in Midrand.

According to two senior party leaders, the legislature and governance commission has agreed to:

Merge Northern Cape, Western Cape and some parts of Eastern Cape. A combined Cape could give the ANC an upper hand over the DA in an election;

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