It Was a 'Love Campaign', Not a War Room - South African Activist

African National Congress (ANC) activist Shaka Sisulu says he worked with an "informal grouping" composed of ANC comrades with expertise in social media and public relations when he embarked on an unsanctioned initiative to boost the party's troubled image ahead of the 2016 local government elections.

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