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/ 15 October 2008
The rumoured breakaway party by former African National Congress chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota is unlikely to give the ANC sleepless nights.
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/ 15 October 2008
The African National Congress’s assurance that it would bail out local banks if they came under pressure from the global finance crisis was a good mov
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/ 15 October 2008
Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Wednesday he would be throwing his lot in with former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 15 October 2008
Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa has tendered his resignation from the ANC, its spokesperson Jessie Duarte said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
A special meeting of the ANC’s national executive committee will be convened on Wednesday to discuss the suspension of Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 15 October 2008
Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille offers some advice to Mosiuoa Lekota on how to launch a new party.
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/ 14 October 2008
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the Eastern Cape has distanced itself from statements made by members in support of Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 14 October 2008
Northern Cape ANC dissidents say an overwhelming majority of the party’s branches in the province are ready to listen to Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 14 October 2008
The Young Communist League has defended SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande, accused of once being a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party.
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/ 14 October 2008
The ANC intends to take ”radical action” against suspended long-time comrade Mosiuoa Lekota, says party leader Jacob Zuma.
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/ 14 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota will receive a letter ”soon” informing him of his suspension from the ruling party, a spokesperson says.
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/ 14 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota met the news of the suspension of his party membership with disbelief on Monday.
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/ 14 October 2008
A week is a long time in politics, it is said, and late June already feels like ancient history.
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/ 14 October 2008
Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala asked ordinary South Africans to share their views on the possibility of a new political party.
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/ 13 October 2008
The ANC has suspended former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota after he threatened to form a breakaway party, it said on Monday.
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/ 13 October 2008
The ANC warned its members on Monday against ”factional activity” following a meeting between Mathews Phosa and Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 13 October 2008
ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa will meet former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Monday morning in a reconciliation attempt.
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/ 13 October 2008
In true Cape style, two sharply divergent tendencies have now emerged in one of the factions of the Western Cape ANC.
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/ 12 October 2008
A simple ”yes” or ”no” from Mosiuoa Lekota would have sufficed, or ”something of that nature”, writes Richard Calland.
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/ 12 October 2008
South Africans are rapidly losing patience with a divided ruling party seen as arrogant and greedy.
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/ 12 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota has urged South Africans to help defend the Constitution against attacks by new ruling-party leaders.
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/ 12 October 2008
The former premier does not believe that a party based on protest will work, reports Rapule Tabane.
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/ 12 October 2008
The growing flexibility of voter attitudes highlighted by research is good news for ANC rebels planning a new party to fight next year’s elections.
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/ 11 October 2008
The ANC’s national headquarters on Saturday dismissed radio reports that North West Premier Edna Molewa would be recalled.
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/ 11 October 2008
The South African Rugby Union has welcomed a statement by the ANC outlining its formal position on the future of the Springbok emblem.
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/ 11 October 2008
The law prohibits the registration of political parties whose names or logos are too similar to those of other parties, says the IEC.
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/ 11 October 2008
A split from the ANC? Forget it. The time is not right for a split and any new initiative will fail.
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/ 10 October 2008
The African National Congress came out strongly in support of the Springbok emblem on Friday, saying it did not want to see it replaced.
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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
The new ‘coalition of the wounded’ will frighten but not dislodge the ANC at next year’s polls.
Former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota electrified the nation on Wednesday when he signalled his intention to form a "congress".
The African National Congress Youth League is not concerned by the possible formation of a ”right-wing” political party by disgruntled ANC members.