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/ 18 December 2008

Zuma: ANC is not like Zanu-PF

The African National Congress (ANC) does not support military intervention in Zimbabwe, party president Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 December 2008

ANC sees W Cape as election challenge

The African National Congress recognises the Western Cape as a challenge in the run-up to the 2009 elections, the organisation said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 December 2008

Battle lines drawn for 2009 poll

Cope vowed to rewrite history as the movement’s battle with the ANC for votes kicked off at competing party rallies in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 December 2008

Zuma leads song and dance at ANC rally

The African National Congress still works for national unity and reconciliation, its president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

By Andre Grobler
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/ 16 December 2008

Cope calls on MPs to support Pikoli

President Kgalema Motlanthe may face an uphill battle in his attempt to persuade Parliament to rubber-stamp his decision to fire Vusi Pikoli.

By Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 16 December 2008

MK heroes honoured in Bloemfontein

The ANC is to host a heroes’ day in Bloemfontein on Tuesday while Cope supporters are converging on the city for the new party’s election rally.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 December 2008

Don’t provoke us, says ANC

Do not provoke the ANC because it will defend itself, deputy secretary general Thandi Modise warned in Bloemfontein on Monday night.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 December 2008

Boesak expected to join Cope

Reverend Allan Boesak is expected to join the Congress of the People (Cope) on Tuesday during the last day of the party’s inaugural conference.

By Mandy Rossouw
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/ 15 December 2008

Lekota likely to lead Cope to the polls

Mosiuoa Lekota was likely to emerge as president of Cope as the new party on Monday chose leaders to take it into an election battle against the ANC.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 December 2008

Cope welcomes Piet the farmer to their ranks

Agriculture and affirmative action. That was all it took for Piet Grobler, a retired farmer from Thabazimbi in Limpopo, to join Cope.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge, Agencies Author and Boyd Webb
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/ 15 December 2008

Cope seeks two layers of leadership

Cope wants two layers of leadership, which will ensure that those with technical skills are involved in policy implementation, says the new party.

By Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 14 December 2008

End of the road for Cope’s Anele Mda?

Bloemfontein could be the end of the road for Anele Mda as the leader of the Congress of the People youth wing.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 December 2008

Zuma: ANC members are being ‘tested’

African National Congress (ANC) members were facing a “challenging state” in the history of the party, president Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 December 2008

‘A terrible beauty is being born’

Quoting William Yeats, Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota on Sunday opened the conference of the Congress of the People at the University of Free State.

By Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 14 December 2008

Cope tells ANC to bring it on

The Congress of the People (Cope) on Sunday said it was not intimidated by the African National Congress’s mass campaign in Bloemfontein.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 December 2008

Cope: ANC has instilled fear in communities

The interim leadership of the Congress of the People (Cope) claims the African National Congress has instilled fear in communities

By Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 13 December 2008

Cope gathers in the shadow of the ANC

The registration of delegates for Cope’s inaugural conference in Bloemfontein was running smoothly, general secretary Charlotte Lobe said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 December 2008

Cope members stream into Bloem

Delegates at Cope’s first conference in Bloemfontein were being guided through the registration process by about 1pm on Saturday.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge and Sapa Afp
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/ 13 December 2008

ANC whacked in the Cape

The 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.

By Pearlie Joubert Author and Niren Tolsi
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/ 12 December 2008

SA parties woo voters online

In the run-up to the 2009 elections SA political parties are using the internet and its tools to encourage a political conversation among voters.

By Leani Wessels
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/ 12 December 2008

Soweto’s main roads renamed

Soweto’s two oldest main roads are to be renamed after anti-apartheid struggle leaders next week, it was reported on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 December 2008

ANC chief whip to go on trial in June

ANC chief whip Mnyamezeli Booi is to go on trial for fraud in June next year, not in February as had been expected, it was reported on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 December 2008

Court rejects ANC challenge against Cope name

A court on Friday dismissed with costs an application by the ANC to stop a breakaway group using the name Congress of the People.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 December 2008

Not Coping king

Cope leaders in Limpopo have accused Kennedy Tshivhase, the ANC member of the provincial legislature, of threatening chiefs with demotion.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
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/ 11 December 2008

ANC takes by-election gripe to court

The ANC on Thursday asked the Constitutional Court to invalidate the 12 by-elections their candidates were excluded from in the Western Cape.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 December 2008

Cope launches battle to gain votes

Cope, born out of Thabo Mbeki’s political demise, will lay its ideological cards on the table next week when it formally launches itself.

By Emsie Ferreira
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/ 11 December 2008

ANC to focus on ‘practical implementation’ of policies

Health services, industrial policy, rural development, education and employment will be key policies addressed in the ANC manifesto.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 December 2008

De Lille lays a charge against Mabandla

Patricia de Lille on Thursday laid a charge against former justice minister Brigitte Mabandla, alleging she interfered with the working of the NPA.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 December 2008

MPs to scrutinise Pikoli sacking, ANC says

ANC chief whip Mnyamezeli Booi promised on Thursday that Parliament would be rigorous in its examination of the axing of NPA head Vusi Pikoli.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 December 2008

Fair vs foul in election coverage

The first issue is: to whom is election coverage supposed to be fair? Each political party naturally believes that the obligation is owed to it.

By Guy Berger
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/ 10 December 2008

What’s in a name?: Cope confident at court ruling

Cope was confident that the court would rule in its favour in naming the party the Congress of the People, Mbhazima Shilowa said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 December 2008

IEC withdraws from ANC-Cope court battle

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has withdrawn from the court battle between the ANC and Cope.

By Sapa Afp and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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