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/ 14 June 2024

Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence

The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances

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By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 10 November 2022

Public sector strike: Government’s ‘power play’ and why we should worry

Labour has been on the receiving end of a failing economy’s onslaught, giving a business-friendly government the upper hand

By Sarah Smit

Politics

/ 30 August 2022

Cope crumbles as party leaders turn on each other

Both factions have issued each other with letters of suspension

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 11 February 2022

The EFF is unlike other ANC splinter parties

We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished

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By Lizeka Tandwa

Article

/ 24 February 2014

Shilowa’s Cope faction to support UDM

More than 800 of Cope’s Mbhazima Shilowa’s supporters will join the United Democratic Movement, its leader Bantu Holomisa has announced.

By Genevieve Quintal

Article

/ 16 January 2014

Cope to purge rebels as soon as Parliament opens

In an effort to reinvent itself for the next elections, Cope will flush out those who supported expelled former deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge

Article

/ 18 October 2013

Judge rules Lekota is Cope’s rightful leader

Mosiuoa Lekota has won the case for the Congress of the People’s leadership after fighting Mbhazima Shilowa for the position since 2010.

By Sapa

Article

/ 10 July 2013

Lekota: Cope was not ready for congress

Cope was not in a position to hold a credible elective congress in May 2010, party president Mosiuoa Lekota has told the high court in Johannesburg.

By Meggan Saville

Article

/ 31 May 2012

The Editorial: Greasing the Gautrain wheels

There have always been suspicions about the probity of the contracting process surrounding the Gautrain.

By Editorial

Article

/ 26 April 2012

E-tolling splits ANC alliance on the road to Mangaung

The divisions about e-tolling within the ANC-led tripartite alliance have been directly linked to the infighting leading up to Mangaung.

By Charles Molele, Matuma Letsoala and Michelle Pietersen

Article

/ 14 November 2011

Cope punts ‘unified opposition’ to fight ANC

Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has invited all opposition parties for talks on November 25 on forming a more united front against the ANC.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 23 August 2011

Cope leadership tussle consigned to limbo again

Mbhazima’s application to have the order barring him from calling himself the leader — or a member — of Cope has been postponed … indefinitely.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 23 August 2011

Lekota, Shilowa leadership tussle back in court

Congress of the People co-founders Mbhazima Shilowa and Mosiuoa Lekota were set to continue their dispute over the leadership of the party.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 8 June 2011

Shilowa’s house auction a ‘deliberate deception’

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.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 8 June 2011

Pay up, Dexter tells Shilowa in Cope legal-fees spat

Mbhazima Shilowa’s house will be auctioned off unless he pays Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota’s legal fees, Cope’s head of communications has said.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 26 May 2011

Lekota’s Cope faction blasts Shilowa’s ‘fake’ coalitions

A Congress of the People faction aligned to party co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota has ruled out forming any local council coalitions with the ANC.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 26 May 2011

Shilowa’s Cope faction cosies up to the ANC

A Cope faction aligned to Mbhazima Shilowa is siding with the ANC, as is the PAC, in coalitions around the country, particularly in the Western Cape.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 26 May 2011

Relaunch or fold, Dexter tells Cope

Cope communications chief Phillip Dexter has proposed that the party relaunch itself or disband, the <em>Times</em> said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 19 May 2011

Cope takes rap for losing PE hotspot

Cope was to blame for the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan council remaining in ANC hands, Cope officials themselves conceded.

By Mandy Rossouw

Article

/ 13 May 2011

Cope at war with itself over election posters

The minutes of a Cope election team meeting reveal a devil’s brew of mistakes, failures and mismanagement in the procurement of campaign materials.

By Mandy Rossouw

Article

/ 29 March 2011

Cope’s Shilowa faction won’t contest elections

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.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 25 March 2011

Cope: Shilowa faction to discuss way forward

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.

By Yasheera Rampersadh

Article

/ 25 March 2011

Cope’s power wrangles may pose headache for IEC

Cope looks set to present a serious headache to the IEC as it prepares for the local government elections, scheduled for May 18.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge

Article

/ 1 March 2011

Urgent application filed against Lekota

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.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 14 February 2011

Shilowa to fight order barring him from Parliament

Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa will challenge an interim order barring him from Parliament, his spokesperson said on Monday.

By Yasheera Rampersadh

Article

/ 12 February 2011

Court bars Shilowa from Parliament

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.

By Miranda Andrew

Article

/ 10 February 2011

Cope as we know it ‘no longer exists’

Cope founders Mbhazima Shilowa and Mosiuoa Lekota are entitled to attend the State of the Nation address on Thursday, regardless of who has control.

By Vuvu Vena

Article

/ 9 February 2011

Opposition party trouble ruinous for democracy

The recent split in the IFP and the disarray in the Cope are disastrous for South Africa’s multi-party democracy, political analysts said on Wednesday

By Staff Reporter