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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.
The ANC’s Mosiuoa Lekota, who has announced the possibility of a breakaway party, did not show up for a meeting with ANC leaders on Thursday.
Efforts to form a breakaway from the ANC are gaining momentum, but analysts say the new party still needs to recruit nationally recognised leaders.
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.
The ANC will continue to ”engage” with former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota and other members who have grievances, the party said on Wednesday.
Former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Wednesday served “divorce papers” on the African National Congress.
If a new political party was formed through a split in the African National Congress, it would probably not have a long life span, said Jacob Zuma.
The African National Congress has lost a ”tireless political activist” with the death of stalwart Esther Barsel, it said on Tuesday.
The African National Congress is in a ”legislative process” to reincorporate Merafong municipality, currently in North West province, into Gauteng.
The political rupture in South Africa is being presented in the outside world as the personal tragedy and humiliation of one man, Thabo Mbeki.
Former ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota is a confused and power-hungry individual, the ANC in the Free State said on Monday.
More than a decade after Desmond Tutu helped end apartheid, he shows no signs of slowing down as he turns 77 on Tuesday
By this time next year Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will most likely not be in office, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Hundreds of ANC dissidents met for three hours in Cape Town on Saturday, but a spokesperson said they had not discussed the formation of a new party.
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.
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.