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".
Cope would rebrand itself ahead of the local government elections, co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa’s spokesperson said on Saturday.
Cope will find it almost impossible to convince voters to consider the party at next year’s local government elections.
Congress of the People founder Mosiuoa Lekota has now exposed himself as a petty dictator, the leadership of five of the party’s provinces said.
The SABC said on Monday the Congress of the People’s national committee meeting has been postponed.
The Northern Cape branch of the Congress of the People on Sunday said it recognised Mosiuoa Lekota as the legitimate leader of the party.
The Congress of the People — clearly divided into two factions — spent Saturday sending out a flurry of statements disputing the other’s legitimacy.
Cope’s youth division said party leader Mosiuoa Lekota should be expelled from the party.
Cope will again try to hold a national elective congress at some stage in the future, said party president Mosiuoa Lekota on Friday.
Pastor Eugene Pienaar has seen a lot in his career, but this week’s Cope elective conference was one of the more memorable experiences.
The Congress of the People’s fourth attempt in a year to convene a national congress to elect legitimate leaders was in a shambles on Thursday.
The illegal pre-loading of delegates’ names on the database of the Cope national elective congress delayed the opening of the congress on Wednesday.
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Amid speculation of a divorce within the party, Cope’s elective conference had to change its registration spot.
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota will go into his party’s elective conference with the support of the party youth wing.
The South Gauteng High Court has rejected Cope’s Mbhazima Shilowa’s application for appeal and he now faces millions in legal bills
The cash-strapped Congress of the People (Cope) is struggling with last-minute preparations for its inaugural elective congress.
Formerly stable Gauteng is the latest province to succumb to the politics of loyalty.
Cope deputy Mbhazima Shilowa on Thursday accused KPMG of colluding with party leader Mosiuoa Lekota in its probe into the party’s finances.
Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa has been removed from his positions as the party’s chief whip and accounting officer, Cope announced on Monday.
Mbhazima Shilowa, the deputy president of Cope, is considering turning down the nomination to oppose Mosiuoa Lekota for the party’s top job.
The Congress of the People (Cope) is forging ahead with its national elective congress in November in spite of poor preparations.
Judgement has been reserved in a legal battle over whether Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota has the right to take up leadership of the party in Parliament.
A legal battle over whether Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota has the right to take up the leadership of the party in Parliament continued on Wednesday.
Cope leaders Mbhazima Shilowa and Mosiuoa Lekota on Tuesday failed to reach an out-of-court agreement on their political differences.
Embattled Cope has suspended all coalition talks with other opposition parties, fearing that it could be "swallowed up" if it enters an alliance.
The swearing-in of Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota as an MP has been postponed while he and his deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa, slug it out in court.
Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa said he plans to take party leader Mosiuoa Lekota to court for stripping him of his duties as chief whip.
The Cope faction supporting deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa on Tuesday finally served court papers on the party’s president Mosiuoa Lekota.
The tit-for-tat leadership battles within the Congress of the People (Cope) dragged on for a further day on Tuesday with no resolution by 6pm.
The Congress of the People (Cope) in Gauteng is threatening legal action against party president Mosiuoa Lekota over the holding of meetings.