Brief Published (Dubai time, UTC+4) · source dated 2026-10-07
Bill Harington, a former policeman from South Africa’s apartheid era, is running in the upcoming November municipal elections for mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, located in the southern part of the country.
Convicted and sentenced to nearly fourteen years in prison for orchestrating the murder of a young ANC activist in the 1990s, his candidacy has sparked intense controversy.
His party defends his bid by emphasizing that he has served his sentence, but for many observers and citizens, this candidacy reopens the painful wounds of South Africa’s past.
