Mbhazima Shilowa
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Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence
The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political…
Public sector strike: Government’s ‘power play’ and why we should worry
Labour has been on the receiving end of a failing economy’s onslaught, giving a business-friendly government the upper hand
Cope crumbles as party leaders turn on each other
Both factions have issued each other with letters of suspension
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
Shilowa’s Cope faction to support UDM
More than 800 of Cope’s Mbhazima Shilowa’s supporters will join the United Democratic Movement, its leader Bantu Holomisa has announced.
Cope to purge rebels as soon as Parliament opens
In an effort to reinvent itself for the next elections, Cope will flush out those who supported expelled former deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa.
Judge rules Lekota is Cope’s rightful leader
Mosiuoa Lekota has won the case for the Congress of the People’s leadership after fighting Mbhazima Shilowa for the position since 2010.
Lekota: Cope was not ready for congress
Cope was not in a position to hold a credible elective congress in May 2010, party president Mosiuoa Lekota has told the high court in Johannesburg.
The Editorial: Greasing the Gautrain wheels
There have always been suspicions about the probity of the contracting process surrounding the Gautrain.
E-tolling splits ANC alliance on the road to Mangaung
The divisions about e-tolling within the ANC-led tripartite alliance have been directly linked to the infighting leading up to Mangaung.
Cope punts ‘unified opposition’ to fight ANC
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has invited all opposition parties for talks on November 25 on forming a more united front against the ANC.
Cope leadership tussle consigned to limbo again
Mbhazima’s application to have the order barring him from calling himself the leader — or a member — of Cope has been postponed … indefinitely.
Lekota, Shilowa leadership tussle back in court
Congress of the People co-founders Mbhazima Shilowa and Mosiuoa Lekota were set to continue their dispute over the leadership of the party.
Shilowa’s house auction a ‘deliberate deception’
Reports that Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa’s house is be auctioned to pay debts are a "deliberate deception" by the Lekota faction, his camp says.
Pay up, Dexter tells Shilowa in Cope legal-fees spat
Mbhazima Shilowa’s house will be auctioned off unless he pays Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota’s legal fees, Cope’s head of communications has said.