Congress of the People (Cope) second deputy president Lynda Odendaal on Tuesday resigned from both the party and Parliament.
Alleged political instability may require intervention at a higher level. Mmanaledi Mataboge reports .
Provincial leaders of the South African Communist Party have accused the party’s national leadership of double standards
Jacob Zuma will inherit some old problems: intra-alliance tensions and provincial ructions — and some new ones created by his Cabinet choice.
Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge look at the reasons for two parties losing support.
Sources said while he pretended in public that he was over the shock, his anger is still being felt in Cope.
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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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/ 14 February 2009
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said all the right things when unveiling the party’s election manifesto in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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/ 14 February 2009
Expelled councillors say they do not recognise their expulsions and will continue to do their work for the municipality.
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/ 4 February 2009
Researchers say it’s high time that political parties begin to better understand the next generation.
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/ 3 February 2009
In the past politicians would go after voters with rah-rah rallies and door-to-door campaigns, but not anymore…
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/ 2 February 2009
Plans are afoot to launch a trade union movement, which will have strong links with the Congress of the People.
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/ 30 January 2009
Housing Minister and ANC NEC member Lindiwe Sisulu on Jacob Zuma being the party’s presidential candidate despite having to juggle
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/ 24 January 2009
A "stabilising fund" is needed for industries under pressure due to the global financial crisis, the Congress of the People said on Friday.
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/ 9 December 2008
The Congress of the People’s (Cope) inaugural conference in Bloemfontein will not be turned into another Polokwane, with jostling for positions.
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/ 9 November 2008
Everybody knows about Mosiuoa Lekota, Mbhazima Shilowa and Mluleki George. But who are the other leading lights in the Shikota movement?
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/ 3 November 2008
Policies that were looked at during the ANC’s 52nd conference had already been discussed within the movement.
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/ 31 October 2008
It began in a bakery. Mbhazima Shilowa tells
Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge about his kickstart plans for a new party.
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/ 25 October 2008
A network of youth leaders working inside the ANC are assisting the splinter group to set up its youth wing, which expects to launch soon.
"Apartheid architect Hendrik Verwoerd is probably turning in his grave, but at the end of the day it is love that matters. Jeri [Ngomane] is a great husband and a fantastic father to our kids." Sanet de Klerk’s gushing paean to marriage appeared in an article in <i>Drum</i> magazine’s September 2002 edition, under the headline "Jeri, the rainbow man".
Trade unions often complain that radio stations do not give them fair coverage, but now a new labour radio slot will ensure that they share their experiences and exchange views on air. The Labour Community Radio Project is a weekly one-hour radio programme broadcast on community stations that talks about the challenges workers face in their daily lives, and ways to address them.
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>The elation that marked the 1994 elections was mostly absent on Johannesburg’s West Rand on Wednesday, 10 years later. Voting got off to a punctual start and queues, although long, did not resemble the kilometres of people waiting to cast their ballots in the first election. Several people in the queues commented on the elections.
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The distance between Johannesburg and Mafikeng has been shortened by more than two hours. It now takes only 45 minutes to travel between the two towns following last December’s resuscitation of the air route linking the two cities. The revival is funded with an investment of R5,8-million from the North West government.
Is it a merger or a takeover? Rumbles of discontent have emerged early at the Tshwane University of Technology, which came into being on January 1 in a three-way merger involving the former Pretoria, Northern Gauteng and North West technikons.
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/ 26 February 2004
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>Companies should be involved in the funding of political parties in order to contribute toward a vibrant multiparty political system, Andre Fourie, CEO of the National Business Initiative, told the Johannesburg Press Club on Thursday. Fourie said, however, that there should be fair disclosure of donations.
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/ 13 February 2004
Yfm DJ Shonisani "Shabba" Muleya remembered Khabzela on Friday when he underwent an HIV/Aids test in front of a television crew and journalists. The event was not as rosy as it may sound. Before the test Shabba looked very unsettled. He moved around with a cellphone glued to his ear, and avoided questions.
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/ 9 February 2004
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) has reacted strongly to a feature published by the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> about the fate of former pets and farm animals in Zimbabwe. However, the Wet Nose Animal Rescue Centre in South Africa has disputed the NSPCA’s response.
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/ 16 January 2004
Mmanaledi Mataboge pays tribute to the host of Yfm’s breakfast show Fana "Khabzela" Khaba who passed away from an Aids-related illness on January 14 2004.
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/ 16 January 2004
The South African tendency to overspend is keeping many children out of school. And the same weakness deprives many who make it into the classroom of essentials such as uniforms and books. Desperate to provide for their children, parents are flocking to loansharks — and digging themselves more deeply into debt.
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/ 14 January 2004
Yfm DJ Fana "Khabzela" Khaba died of an Aids-related disease on Wednesday at the Johannesburg General hospital. On May 16 last year, Khabzela had — in a move that had surprised the nation — announced his HIV-status on air during a mid-morning radio show.
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/ 12 December 2003
"This award is about Hebron, it’s about the North West and it’s about women," said Lillian Mokoena at a ceremony held to honour her for winning the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Mokoena is the first female winner of the award meant to encourage and sustain the development of small, medium and micro-enterprises.
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/ 29 November 2003
"We are armed and ready for anything," the young man said, patting the bulge of a gun under his shirt. He stood on the pavement with a group of five other men, watching as the Sheriff of the Court evicted 90 families from the Newtown housing cooperative in Jo’burg’s inner city. Paying tenants in a Newtown housing cooperative are fearing for their lives.