The choice of Dr Mvume Dandala as the presidential candidate of the Congress of the People seems to have sparked a religious war with the ruling party
Cope member Phillip Dexter has been fired as chairperson of the Mpumalanga economic growth agency board (Mega).
A Cope member identified by the party as having been offered an exorbitant salary and a car by the ANC, has denied any knowledge of the matter.
The ANC was absent from a debate among political parties about economic policies held on Wednesday at the University of Witwatersrand.
Mvume Dandala, Cope’s presidential candidate, failed to elicit much excitement when he caught the train from Pretoria on Wednesday morning.
The ANC on Wednesday dismissed reports that it was trying to lure prominent Cope members back with exorbitant salaries and cars.
Threats and disrupted meetings have tarnished campaigning for SA’s elections, as the country struggles to fully overcome the legacy of violence.
Allegations that members of Cope are involved in a campaign to kill ANC members are irresponsible and risk inciting violence, said a Cope spokesperson
Sources said while he pretended in public that he was over the shock, his anger is still being felt in Cope.
Prosecutors are expected to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma, paving the way for him to become president next month, a media report said.
Instead of coming up with an original strategy for selling Cope to the voter, Mlungisi Hlongwane brought ”a carbon copy of the ANC’s elections manual”
The DA won victories in two by-elections held in Cape Town on Wednesday, a sign, the party says, that it is on track to win the Western Cape.
Cope said its former election coordinator Mlungisi Hlongwane, who returned to the ANC on Thursday, was suspected of being an ANC mole.
The Western Cape branch of Sanco and the South African Cape Corps military union on Wednesday pledged support for Cope in the April elections.
The African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance remained unwilling to reveal the size of their election budgets on Tuesday.
Campaign posters line streets across SA for the elections, but voters say enduring poverty and poor public services have left them disenchanted.
An internal ANC survey has shown that the ruling party will lose its two-thirds majority and the Western Cape in next month’s general election.
An internal ANC survey predicts the ruling party can kiss the Western Cape goodbye.
SA risks undermining the rule of law if prosecutors drop graft charges against ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma, the Congress of the People said.
Veteran Cape politician Peter Marais will remain with Cope after being ”illegally” removed from the party’s provincial election list.
Ex-Cosatu president Willie Madisha announced on Thursday that a new trade union movement is to be launched on March 28 in Gauteng.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota on Tuesday suggested South Africa was heading down a similar path which led to the deterioration of Zimbabwe.
There is space in the electoral market. The only question is whether any opposition party can exploit the opportunity.
Cope will ask the Public Protector to probe the reported R1-million spent on protecting Jacob Zuma every month, Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
Church leaders who did not give political leaders equal exposure were not worthy pastors, Cope presidential candidate Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
Robert Mugabe should be hauled before the ICC to explain the ”tragic situation” in his country, Cope’s Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
The Congress of the People on Monday hastily promised to remove from its website so-called ”press releases” which were in fact Sapa news reports.
African National Congress defectors were free to come back and rejoin the organisation, said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Sunday.
Cope has beefed up its election machinery by appointing new organisers, including outgoing South African Tourism chief executive Mooketsi Mosola.
Cope seems to be faltering, while the ANC is suffering little fallout from the legal cloud over Jacob Zuma’s head, a political analyst said on Friday.
South Africa’s BEE scheme, accused of merely shifting wealth to a few businessmen, should focus on the impoverished, Mosiuoa Lekota said on Friday.
Presidential candidate Mvume Dandala unveiled Cope’s election posters in Midrand on Friday, blaming the delay on a shortage of resources.