The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is becoming concerned that a breakaway party proposed by Mosiuoa Lekota may take with it disaffected activists.
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/ 18 October 2008
Compelling as it may be, getting too absorbed in the intrigue of palace politics and personalities will lead us away from clarity in this crisis.
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/ 17 October 2008
The new party mooted by Mosiuoa Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa wants to be a modern party without the pressures of ideological baggage.
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/ 16 October 2008
It seems to be no longer a question of if, but rather when, a new political party will emerge. All Mosiuoa Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa need is a name.
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/ 16 October 2008
The ANC is going ahead with disciplinary action against Mosiuoa Lekota and Mluleki George, and will do the same to other dissidents, it says.
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/ 16 October 2008
The ANC has denied a report that some of its members may push for an early election to try to undermine plans by former members to form a breakaway.
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/ 16 October 2008
The ANC may call an early general election to try to undermine plans by former party officials to form a breakaway group, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 15 October 2008
The ANC not divided right down the middle, said party leader Jacob Zuma in a television interview on Wednesday evening.
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/ 15 October 2008
Mbhazima Shilowa was sharply criticised by the tripartite alliance on Wednesday, while Jacob Zuma prepared to discuss the breakaway movement on TV.
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/ 15 October 2008
The rumoured breakaway party by former African National Congress chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota is unlikely to give the ANC sleepless nights.
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/ 15 October 2008
Former Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa has tendered his resignation from the ANC, its spokesperson Jessie Duarte said on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
A special meeting of the ANC’s national executive committee will be convened on Wednesday to discuss the suspension of Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 15 October 2008
Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille offers some advice to Mosiuoa Lekota on how to launch a new party.
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/ 14 October 2008
The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the Eastern Cape has distanced itself from statements made by members in support of Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 14 October 2008
Northern Cape ANC dissidents say an overwhelming majority of the party’s branches in the province are ready to listen to Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 14 October 2008
The ANC intends to take ”radical action” against suspended long-time comrade Mosiuoa Lekota, says party leader Jacob Zuma.
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/ 14 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota will receive a letter ”soon” informing him of his suspension from the ruling party, a spokesperson says.
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/ 14 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota met the news of the suspension of his party membership with disbelief on Monday.
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/ 13 October 2008
The ANC has suspended former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota after he threatened to form a breakaway party, it said on Monday.
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/ 13 October 2008
The ANC warned its members on Monday against ”factional activity” following a meeting between Mathews Phosa and Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 13 October 2008
ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa will meet former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota on Monday morning in a reconciliation attempt.
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/ 13 October 2008
In true Cape style, two sharply divergent tendencies have now emerged in one of the factions of the Western Cape ANC.
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/ 13 October 2008
Four political leaders have openly associated themselves with moves towards the formation of a new ANC-based political party.
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/ 12 October 2008
A simple ”yes” or ”no” from Mosiuoa Lekota would have sufficed, or ”something of that nature”, writes Richard Calland.
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/ 12 October 2008
Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota has urged South Africans to help defend the Constitution against attacks by new ruling-party leaders.
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/ 12 October 2008
The former premier does not believe that a party based on protest will work, reports Rapule Tabane.
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/ 11 October 2008
The law prohibits the registration of political parties whose names or logos are too similar to those of other parties, says the IEC.
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/ 11 October 2008
As the banana splits and the monkeys come home to roost, a key debate is likely to be who owns the ANC brand.
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/ 11 October 2008
A split from the ANC? Forget it. The time is not right for a split and any new initiative will fail.
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/ 10 October 2008
The new political formation planned by former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota is off to a rocky start with supporters at odds over whether to stay.
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/ 10 October 2008
Former deputy minister of defence Mluleki George is a key driver of the campaign for a new party. He spoke to Mandy Rossouw.
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/ 10 October 2008
Like Lekota, thousands of ANC members and millions of potential voters feel they have grounds for divorce from the party, but for different reasons.