Mmanaledi Mataboge spends a day in
the life of Cope leader Mvume Dandala on his recent visit to Limpopo province.
The Congress of the People says it is not considering forming a coalition with the African National Congress after the coming elections.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille’s threat to call in the army to quell taxi violence was reminiscent of the apartheid era, Allan Boesak said on Wednesday.
Saki Macozoma chronicles his journey out of the ANC into the Congress of the People. Mandy Rossouw reports
ANC president Jacob Zuma cannot be president of the country because he cannot be trusted, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on
Saturday.
After its traumatic birth the new political party needs care desperately. Many in the party are aware of this problem and are trying to correct it.
DA leader Helen Zille has challenged Cope to say whether it plans to enter into a coalition with the ANC after the April elections.
The ANC on Friday described its former MP Dennis Bloem’s move to Cope as ”politically immoral”.
Voter support for the Congress of the People could have fallen to between 6% and 8%, suggest surveys conducted by pollster Markinor and the DA.
ANC MP Dennis Bloem says the mystery surrounding his name being on both ANC and Cope election lists will be solved on Friday.
The ”myth” that the Eastern Cape is now a Cope stronghold was debunked by the by-election results, the ANC said on Thursday.
There is no struggle among the leadership of Cope, newly appointed presidential candidate Mvume Dandala says.
Limpopo premier and member of the provincial legislature Sello Moloto has formally resigned, the African National Congress said on Tuesday.
DA leader Helen Zille on Monday dismissed claims by Cope that her party has not made a difference to the lives of the people of Cape Town.
Allan Boesak accused the ANC of keeping silent while he wrongly went to jail for helping the struggle as he hit the campaign trail on Sunday.
Former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and prominent businessman Saki Macozoma have joined the Congress of the People.
It seems there is merit in the Congress of the People’s mumbling on affirmative action.
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/ 28 February 2009
Cope risks losing the moral high ground with their appointment of fraud convict Allan Boesak as the party’s premier candidate in the Western Cape.
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/ 27 February 2009
Allan Boesak has accepted nomination as a candidate for premier of the Western Cape for Cope, his spokesperson said on Friday.
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/ 27 February 2009
Although Cope is quick to say that BEE policy should be reviewed, party spokesperson Philip Dexter is less quick to say how exactly.
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/ 27 February 2009
Luthuli House has a ”war room” tasked with gathering damaging information on the Congress of the People’s leaders in the run-up to the election.
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/ 27 February 2009
Lekota’s government history and ‘autocratic’ style cost him the nomination, write Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge.
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/ 25 February 2009
Allan Boesak says he is reconsidering his decision not to stand as the Congress of the People’s candidate for premier of the Western Cape.
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/ 24 February 2009
The contrast between the presidential candidates for Cope and the ANC could hardly be more could hardly be more striking.
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/ 24 February 2009
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota promised on Monday that his party would not give people top jobs because ”they were on Robben Island”.
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/ 24 February 2009
Rapule Tabane puts tough questions to Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa.
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/ 23 February 2009
The Congress of the People formally introduced its presidential candidate, Dr Mvume Dandala, to the media on Monday.
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/ 23 February 2009
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is biased, the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) said on Monday.
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/ 22 February 2009
Congress of the People (Cope) deputy president, Mbhazima Shilowa on Saturday called on ANC members to vote for the newly formed party.
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/ 21 February 2009
Divisions within the African National Congress in the North West Province played themselves out at a rally in the Ikageng township on Saturday.
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/ 20 February 2009
The Congress of the People (Cope) on Friday confirmed Bishop Mvume Dandala as its selection for presidential candidate.
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/ 20 February 2009
Bishop Mvume Dandala is expected to be named as the face of the Cope on Friday after weeks of speculation about the presidential candidate.