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/ 8 February 2009
SA’s former deputy president, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, is preparing to leave the ANC and join Cope, it was reported on Sunday.
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/ 6 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance and the Freedom Front Plus have launched similar cases in the Pretoria and Cape Town high courts respectively.
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/ 6 February 2009
In South Africa, we fire nobody, leading to a culture of deep intolerance and impunity.
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/ 5 February 2009
Leaders of three of the most popular political movements talk about how they are planning to get their constituencies to the ballot box.
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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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/ 4 February 2009
The youth will get a whole new government agency this year. But will it be just more of the same, asks Mandy Rossouw.
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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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/ 31 January 2009
The implication is that voters still prefer the ANC, despite councillors having rejected the party.
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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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/ 28 January 2009
Cosatu on Wednesday vowed to distribute its anti-Cope booklet to as many places as possible.
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/ 28 January 2009
Plea of a conspiracy and personal vendetta after saying ‘Charge me’.
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/ 27 January 2009
The ANC parliamentary caucus is running its own election campaign and to grace the recent launch it ran a number of ads in Sunday newspapers.
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/ 25 January 2009
Western Cape’s provincial secretary seeks to capitalise on the ‘pissed-off-with-the-ANC’ vote.
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/ 23 January 2009
Never mind apartheid South Africa, for many of our compatriots, rural life is still feudal life.
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/ 21 January 2009
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday warned ANC members it was a mistake to remain in the party merely to retain positions of power.
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/ 21 January 2009
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has declined his nomination as an ANC representative in the National Assembly.
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/ 21 January 2009
Cope provided the gap that the ”imperialists” have been seeking since 1994 to regain a foothold in South Africa.
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/ 21 January 2009
Supporters were swathed in the loudmouth yellow last seen on tennis courts when André Agassi was in his prime.
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/ 15 January 2009
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will launch its 2009 election campaign on January 31 in Soweto, the party announced on Thursday.
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/ 13 January 2009
Trust in government and democratic institutions has collapsed and SA is in desperate need of fresh leadership, IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi says.
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/ 24 December 2008
As we move into 2009, one prediction can be made with confidence: while the Zuma case continues, turbulent constitutional times are likely.
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/ 23 December 2008
Mbeki biographer Mark Gevisser reflects on the former president’s annus horribilis and the uncertainties left in the wake of his unceremonious exit.
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/ 20 December 2008
The Shope family is ANC aristocracy. So what is it like to leave the party – and launch a breakaway? Lyndall Shope-Mafole tells Mandy Rossouw.
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/ 20 December 2008
Rams Mabote likens the recent events between the ANC and Cope to South African soccer’s historic drama four decades ago.
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/ 19 December 2008
The Congress of the People (Cope) was officially confirmed as a political party on Friday, the party said in a statement.
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/ 19 December 2008
Cope was formally launched as a party only this week. An NEC member said it dawned on the ANC that they are the ones keeping Cope in the news.
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/ 18 December 2008
The ANC is abandoning pending court actions to focus its resources on the ”disaster” it faces in the Western Cape, it said on Thursday.
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/ 18 December 2008
The African National Congress recognises the Western Cape as a challenge in the run-up to the 2009 elections, the organisation said on Wednesday.
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/ 17 December 2008
The Congress of the People (Cope) will launch its election manifesto in January next year, the party’s leadership team said on Wednesday.
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/ 16 December 2008
Do not provoke the ANC because it will defend itself, deputy secretary general Thandi Modise warned in Bloemfontein on Monday night.
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/ 16 December 2008
Reverend Allan Boesak is expected to join the Congress of the People (Cope) on Tuesday during the last day of the party’s inaugural conference.