Cope MP and former national spokesperson Phillip Dexter announced he has quit the party and rejoined the ANC.
A high court application on whether it was constitutional for the government to bar the Dalai Lama entry in SA looks to be "dead in the water".
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has invited all opposition parties for talks on November 25 on forming a more united front against the ANC.
Congress of the People co-founders Mbhazima Shilowa and Mosiuoa Lekota were set to continue their dispute over the leadership of the party.
Missing funds for non-existent T-shirts and shaky coalition deals have left Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota with fewer friends after the local elections.
Reports that Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa’s house is be auctioned to pay debts are a "deliberate deception" by the Lekota faction, his camp says.
Cope’s Phillip Dexter has defended his discussion document against "sensationalist" media reports, saying he did not call the party dead.
Cope communications chief Phillip Dexter has proposed that the party relaunch itself or disband, the <em>Times</em> said on Thursday.
The African National Congress and the National Freedom Party will hold coalition talks on Monday afternoon in Durban.
Congress of the People president Mosiuoa Lekota said he was satisfied with his party’s performance in the local government elections.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa on Tuesday denied rumours that he was planning to leave the party and rejoin the African National Congress.
Anele Mda caused ripples in political circles with her announcement last week she had returned to the African National Congress.
Congress of the People’s Mbhazima Shilowa faction has decided not to campaign for the May 18 municipal elections alongside the party’s Mosiuoa Lekota.
The Mbhazima Shilowa-aligned faction of Cope will meet on Monday to discuss a way forward, the secretary general of the faction said on Friday.
Senior Cope MP Phillip Dexter has rejected allegations of non-disclosure of assets and interests in Parliament’s register of members’ interests.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa has filed an urgent application in the Western Cape High Court to be declared the legitimate leader of the party.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa will challenge an interim order barring him from Parliament, his spokesperson said on Monday.
Cope’s co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa has been barred from Parliament after the South Gauteng High Court granted an interim order to a rival faction.
Cope founders Mbhazima Shilowa and Mosiuoa Lekota are entitled to attend the State of the Nation address on Thursday, regardless of who has control.
Cope youth movement aligned itself to co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota on Wednesday, saying it welcomed the suspension of Mbhazima Shilowa.
Mosiuoa Lekota has expelled his rival, Mbhazima Shilowa, from Cope after a disciplinary hearing found him guilty of mismanaging funds.
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Congress of the People deputy leader Mbhazima Shilowa was doing his best to create confusion in the party, said a spokesperson for Mosiuoa Lekota.
Ahead of the opening of Parliament, the ongoing power war between Cope co-founders Mosiuoa Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa has caused confusion.
The Congress of the People appears to be riven with divisions after a weekend of sniping from opposition camps.
The Congress of the People’s congress national committee met on Saturday in Kempton Park to discuss "key issues".
The faction allied to Cope co-founder Mbazhima Shilowa has compared rival Mosiuoa Lekota to Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa is an ANC "mole" planted to destroy the breakaway party, the Cope Youth Movement claimed on Wednesday.
Cope would rebrand itself ahead of the local government elections, co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa’s spokesperson said on Saturday.
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Former M&G chief executive, and chief executive of the MDDA are among 14 candidates short-listed for vacant posts on the SABC board.
Thabo Mbeki’s ANC credentials "speak for themselves", his spokesperson said in reaction to reports that he was involved in the formation of Cope.
A report that former president Thabo Mbeki was involved in the formation of Cope was a "misinterpretation", a Unisa professor said on Thursday.
Cope will find it almost impossible to convince voters to consider the party at next year’s local government elections.