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‘I’ve lost faith in the ANC’
Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala asked ordinary South Africans to share their views on the possibility of a new political party.
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Okay, now I’m panicking
That word recession. We don’t want to hear it. Hairlines recede. Gumlines recede. We don’t recede. Not in the 21st century.
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ANC suspends Lekota
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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‘ANC values are being undermined’
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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Four disaffected pillars of the split
Four political leaders have openly associated themselves with moves towards the formation of a new ANC-based political party.
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Mbhazima Shilowa wavers
The former premier does not believe that a party based on protest will work, reports Rapule Tabane.
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A turning tide?
The growing flexibility of voter attitudes highlighted by research is good news for ANC rebels planning a new party to fight next year’s elections.
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Beyond the machine gun
The question should not be whether Zuma is good for Nigeria, but rather, whether a president Zuma can afford to call the bluff of the Nigerian govt.
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A brand-new party
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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What breakaway party?
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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Boesak on the comeback trail
Boesak’s announcement coincides with the launch of the Social Justice Coalition by another UDF talwart, Aids activist Zackie Achmat.
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Not yet time to party
Like Lekota, thousands of ANC members and millions of potential voters feel they have grounds for divorce from the party, but for different reasons.
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‘Life is about risk’
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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Shaken but not stirred
The new ‘coalition of the wounded’ will frighten but not dislodge the ANC at next year’s polls.
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‘Terror Lekota is a sore loser’
‘There are lots of nuts in the ANC who shoot their mouths off’, Pallo Jordan tells Mandy Rossouw.
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Lekota spurns ANC overtures
The ANC’s Mosiuoa Lekota, who has announced the possibility of a breakaway party, did not show up for a meeting with ANC leaders on Thursday.
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New party ‘not a massive threat to ANC’
Efforts to form a breakaway from the ANC are gaining momentum, but analysts say the new party still needs to recruit nationally recognised leaders.
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ANC and Lekota: The marriage sours
The ANC has taken a magnanimous stance to threats by Mosiuoa Lekota to form his own party, but Jacob Zuma made it clear that patience is wearing thin.
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Mbeki’s legacy not his alone
Mbeki was quintessential ANC, an integral and very key member, an arch-propagandist who embodied and expressed its spirit of democratic centralism.
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The downfall of Mbeki: The hidden truth
The political rupture in South Africa is being presented in the outside world as the personal tragedy and humiliation of one man, Thabo Mbeki.
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I am hurting for a country I love, says Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Monday he was ”hurting” about the conditions that led to him to say he would not vote were an election held today.
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Prepare for life after Trevor
By this time next year Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will most likely not be in office, writes Ferial Haffajee.
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Why Mbete?
What qualifies Baleka Mbete for her new job as deputy president? Her record as National Assembly speaker suggests she can get things done.
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New public service minister takes office
New Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi reported for work on Thursday.
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The itch
The aftershocks from Thabo Mbeki’s sacking continue to reverberate through South Africa.
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A backward leap to command economics
Zwelinzima Vavi’s statements of Cosatu’s views on post-Thabo Mbeki economic policy, recently published in the M&G, are of great importance.
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Kgalema vs Thabo: Workmanship in wordsmithing
Two strikingly different speeches — one saying goodbye, and the other saying hello. Two moods and two different styles.
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Future of Free State premier under spotlight
Beatrice Marshoff remains Free State premier for now, but has been advised that she must leave her post, provincial party officials said on Wednesday.
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Mbeki’s toughest test yet
An ageing Nelson Mandela’s voluntary departure from the presidency in 1999 was a great moment.
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On not panicking
Lev David: I’m not panicking. We’re fine for now. And, just in case, we’re stocking up on tinned food, the way we did in ’94.
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Limpopo, Free State not discussed at ANC meeting
The replacement of the premiers of Limpopo and Free State was not discussed at an NWC meeting, party spokesperson Brian Sokhutu said on Tuesday.
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Unpacking Mbeki: Villain and victim
Humble leaders would have considered it an honour to walk in Madiba’s shoes, but not Mbeki.