THE SMART NEWS SOURCE | Feb 10 2012 12:20 | LAST UPDATED Feb 10 2012 12:20 |
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End of list, end of an eraThe ANC's final candidate list confirms the end of the Thabo Mbeki era, with several former ministers and party officials snubbed. ANC 'flouts procedure' to expel membersExpelled councillors say they do not recognise their expulsions and will continue to do their work for the municipality. Cosatu chief cuts looseWestern Cape's provincial secretary seeks to capitalise on the ‘pissed-off-with-the-ANC' vote. A new congress born in AfricaCope was formally launched as a party only this week. An NEC member said it dawned on the ANC that they are the ones keeping Cope in the news. Problem ... what problem?The recession has forced the ANC to rethink its election manifesto. Rapule Tabane spoke to the party’s head of policy, Jeff Radebe. ANC whacked in the CapeThe results were made more humiliating for the ANC by the fact that the breakaway Congress of the People won 10 wards in its debut electoral test. ANC created 'Shikota'Where did the ANCYL get the power and audacity to attack Motlanthe, the judiciary and so much more with impunity? ANC's 'slapgat' approach may be costly in by-electionsCope has focused its resources on the Western Cape where it is contesting 27 of 41 by-elections taking place nationally. ANC bid to weed out defectorsANC believes there will be further resignations by senior members in the weeks ahead. Cope has been staggering the defections to maximise publicity. Bottom of the abyss'No worse there is none," was the anguished cry of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins -- and it is an apt description of the crisis in Zimbabwe. |
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