A fraud case has been opened against Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota, days after he suspended the party’s treasurer for alleged financial mismanagement.
The state has dismissed claims President Zuma has asked the navy to acquire a $500-million aircraft carrier, saying it was an aborted Mbeki-era plan.
Cope’s former spokesperson Philip Dexter denies he left for financial reasons, despite a Facebook appeal for donations to help fight a court case.
The Cape High Court will hear an application by the IFP and Cope about whether it was constitutional for the state to bar the Dalai Lama entry.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has invited all opposition parties for talks on November 25 on forming a more united front against the ANC.
Cope has vehemently denied reports that is planning to merge with the DA now that Lindiwe Mazibuko is heading that party’s parliamentary caucus.
Mbhazima’s application to have the order barring him from calling himself the leader — or a member — of Cope has been postponed … indefinitely.
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.
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.
A Congress of the People faction aligned to party co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota has ruled out forming any local council coalitions with 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.
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.
Cope’s status as official opposition in the Northern Cape did little to boost it in the municipal elections.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa on Tuesday denied rumours that he was planning to leave the party and rejoin 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.
Cope looks set to present a serious headache to the IEC as it prepares for the local government elections, scheduled for May 18.
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.
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
Cope youth movement aligned itself to co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota on Wednesday, saying it welcomed the suspension of Mbhazima Shilowa.
Parliament was notified on Tuesday of the "expulsion" of Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa for alleged mismanagement of parliamentary funds.
Mosiuoa Lekota has expelled his rival, Mbhazima Shilowa, from Cope after a disciplinary hearing found him guilty of mismanaging funds.
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/ 30 January 2011
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".