In KwaZulu-Natal, voting in by-elections next week will be a test of whether the Umkhonto we'Sizwe (MK) party, which won 45% of the provincial vote on May 29, can consolidate its electoral gains at the local government level. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The battered Economic Freedom Fighters are not fielding a candidate in the Durban by-elections.
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Tags: African Independence Congress, Movement for African Change, ANC, by-elections, Democratic Alliance, EFF, Francois Rogers, Jacob Zuma, MK Party, Mtha Ntsiki, national and provincial elections, Patriotic Union, politics