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foul smell spreading through South Africa’s city of Cape Town is being blamed Fifteen of the 20 candidates approved to stand in Senegal's delayed presidential elections have called for the new vote to be held no later than 2 April - the date when current President Macky Sall is due to end his term.
on a ship carrying livestock that arrived at the port on Sunday night. The 15 candidates also insist the list should not be altered.
Residents The document was signed by some of the leading contenders, including Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who has been detained on incitement charges, and former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall, who is no relation to the president.
of the city and its suburbs have been questioning the source of the odour. President Sall wanted to postpone the elections for several months so that disputes over the eligibility of other candidates could be resolved.
The But the country's top court said the delay was unconstitutional and Mr Sall says the vote will now be held "as soon as possible".
City of Cape Town said on its X account that it was aware of the smell, acknowledging Read more:
that it was coming from the ship. Senegal steps back from the brink - what next?
The
city’s official in charge of water and sanitation, Zahid Badroodien,
said the ship carrying cattle was due to leave the port on Monday night.
He
had earlier said that the “sewage smell blanketing parts of the city”
was not linked to a Koeberg sewer pump station in the city.
Some South Africans on social media have expressed concern about the conditions of the livestock on the ship, with others wondering how people on the vessel might be coping.
The
incident comes as ships carrying livestock bound for Western countries are being diverted
through South Africa’s coast because of recent attacks in the Red Sea,
according to local reports.
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