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/ 17 October 2008
The new party mooted by Mosiuoa Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa wants to be a modern party without the pressures of ideological baggage.
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/ 10 October 2008
The new political formation planned by former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota is off to a rocky start with supporters at odds over whether to stay.
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/ 10 October 2008
Former deputy minister of defence Mluleki George is a key driver of the campaign for a new party. He spoke to Mandy Rossouw.
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/ 10 October 2008
‘There are lots of nuts in the ANC who shoot their mouths off’, Pallo Jordan tells Mandy Rossouw.
The ANC has taken a magnanimous stance to threats by Mosiuoa Lekota to form his own party, but Jacob Zuma made it clear that patience is wearing thin.
Former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Wednesday served “divorce papers” on the African National Congress.
Paul Mashatile is tipped to be Gauteng’s new premier, but there is also a possibility that he may become the finance minister’s deputy.
The only way Kgalema Motlanthe can continue as SA’s president after the 2009 elections is if ANC president Jacob Zuma agrees.
Supporters of Thabo Mbeki, who want to start a new political party, hope to use outgoing Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa as the face of the party.
The complete absence of left-wing leaders in President Kgalema Motlanthe’s Cabinet has heightened fears among Jacob Zuma’s left-wing supporters.