Congress Of The People
latest news & developmentsLekota’s estranged wife fights partner for estate after more than R2 million withdrawn
Mosiuoa Lekota’s partner, Luzelle Adams, sent herself R150 000 and her lawyers R250 000 after son was court-appointed estate curator
Mourners gather in Bloemfontein to honour struggle veteran Mosiuoa Lekota
Political leaders and mourners gather in Bloemfontein to honour Mosiuoa Lekota, remembered for fierce convictions, humility, and a lifelong commitment to ordinary South Africans
Lekota’s son appointed estate curator as medical reports question his capacity
According to reports submitted to the court, Lekota, who died at the age of 77, suffered from chronic cerebrovascular which had significantly impaired his ability to make decisions
Tshwane power shift: ActionSA poised for mayoral position, ANC gets speaker in deal to oust DA
It is still not clear exactly who ActionSA will field as its preferred candidate
PADDY HARPER: Frivolous candidates and jokers in parliament
Independents will need budgets to match their egos if they are to contest the elections
More parties than paper as election campaign gets going
The time for sod-turning and ribbon-cutting is nearly upon us
Malema faces his first big challenge
Growth in next year’s election will kill off any threat to the EFF president’s hold on the party
ActionSA, EFF crowdfund ahead of next year’s poll
Parties want members to cough for their coming election campaign
EXPLAINER: Musical chairs in the City of Johannesburg
At the 2021 local government elections, neither of the two biggest parties got a mandate to govern alone in Johannesburg
The Democratic Alliance’s numbers fail to add up
The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction
ANC cements its numbers in City of Johannesburg council
The Patriotic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters ditch the Democratic Alliance during the election of council chairpersons
Terror of old now terrorised: Cope slipping from Mosiuoa Lekota
The Cope president should have bailed long ago and saved himself an embarrassing end
Cope crumbles as party leaders turn on each other
Both factions have issued each other with letters of suspension
Toppling Mbeki caused divisions in the ANC that are still felt today
There has been a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse
The EFF is unlike other ANC splinter parties
We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished