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Smuts Ngonyama cuts ties with ANC
Former African National Congress (ANC) communications chief Smuts Ngonyama will resign from the ruling party on Thursday, he said.
Mosiuoa Lekota
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Mantashe says ANC economic policies to change
The ANC’s economic policies are going to change, the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe told businessmen in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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ANC takes issue with COP over name
The ANC will oppose the name of a breakaway party, the Congress of the People (COP), led by Mosiuoa Lekota, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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ANC denies delaying its lists
The ANC has rejected claims that it is delaying its list process to avoid mass resignations by supporters of former president Thabo Mbeki.
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Names are just so problematic
Personality politics is so painful to watch when politicians assume their personalities are anything other than unbearable.
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A tale of two rallies
The M&G quizzed the troops of both the ANC and Shikota on why they had chosen their respective political directions.
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ANC says it is ‘unbreakable, indestructible’
The ANC said it was still waiting for the real masters of the new political formation, the Congress of the People, to show their faces.
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Meet the COP: Dissidents finally settle on party name
A leader of the ANC breakaway movement, former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa, on Thursday unveiled the name of the new party.
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Vavi warns against ‘unscrupulous politicians’
Trade unions need to stand together against ”unscrupulous politicians”, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
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‘Coincidental’ ANC rally to clash with new party launch
A mass gathering to provide feedback to African National Congress members in the Free State is planned for December 16 in Bloemfontein.
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ANC breakaway movement mulls new name
The ANC breakaway group will meet again on Tuesday to find a name to use for by-elections in December.
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Sorry Sadec, that’s already our name
Launching a new political party was never going to be easy, but need it be as difficult as this?
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Top Eastern Cape ANC members resign
Six prominent Eastern Cape ANC leaders, including ousted premier Nosimo Balindlela, have quit the ANC.
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The gloves come off
South Africa’s most competitive election race since 1994 has taken off and it will be fought around one man: ANC president Jacob Zuma.
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Zuma labels dissidents as ‘bigamists’
African National Congress splinter group leaders who recently served the ruling party with ”divorce papers” are guilty of bigamy, says Jacob Zuma.
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‘We need real change’
The national convention got under way in Sandton on the weekend. Some of those who attended give their views on what a new movement means to them.
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Zuma hits back at Lekota
ANC head Jacob Zuma hit back at Mosiuoa Lekota on Sunday, describing him and his supporters as ”snakes” who had long been plotting against the ANC.
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Expect more ANC resignations, says Shikota
ANC members who have been working ”underground” for the new party that is due to be launched will now come out and publicly support this party.
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ANC dissidents eye 2009 elections
Dissidents in the ANC said on Sunday they want to win next year’s general election, as they move to launch a new party to rival the ANC.
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Shikota announces launch of new party
The Shikota movement on Saturday declared its intention to launch a new political party that will rival the ANC during the 2009 elections.
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Declaration adopted at national convention
A declaration setting out the aims of the SA National Convention was adopted at the conclusion of the meeting of mainly ANC dissidents on Saturday.
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‘We are marching out of the ANC’
After weeks of tension between the ANC and a breakaway group unhappy with the ANC, a national convention got under way on Saturday.
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Opposition parties welcome national convention
Opposition parties came out in support of the national convention on Saturday, praising the initiative as historical and a significant step.
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Lekota: ANC determined to abuse power
Mosiuoa Lekota on Saturday opened the national convention by warning that the country was in danger of reverting back to an ”apartheid-era style”.
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Stadium setback for convention organisers
Organisers of the two-day national convention faced a setback on Saturday morning with the cancellation at the last minute of their overflow venue.
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The dawn of a new political landscape
The national convention gets under way at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday morning, with about 4 000 delegates expected to attend.
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ANC applies to stop convention’s name
The ANC has applied for an urgent court interdict to stop the name being used by the ANC breakaway movement, dissidents said on Friday.
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Lekota backs free-market policies
SA will stand a better chance of ending poverty if the country maintains free-market policies, Mosiuoa Lekota said on Friday.
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Remain steadfast, Zuma tells ANC members
ANC president Jacob Zuma urged ANC members on Friday to remain steadfast in the principles and traditions of the movement.
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Lekota resigns from ANC
Suspended ANC veteran Mosiua Lekota, who is expecting to launch a breakaway party, has resigned from the ruling party, a spokesperson said on Friday.
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Dialogue, not disruption, this weekend
”Shikota” has been selling the meetings as a platform to find ways of ensuring that democracy is protected.
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What Mbeki really said
The letter from former president Thabo Mbeki to Jacob Zuma is a stinging attack on the ANC’s criticism of breakaway leader Mosiuoa Lekota.