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Ramaphosa can rely on the ex-ANC spokesperson to sniff out any shenanigans by Zuma diehards

The ANC is fighting to claw back votes, but an opposition coalition may take the prized Port Elizabeth metro.

Smuts Ngonyama hits the campaign trail in a bid to return from the political wilderness.

Party hit by defection to ANC and publicising of secret diplomatic cables.

A report that former president Thabo Mbeki was involved in the formation of Cope was a "misinterpretation", a Unisa professor said on Thursday.

According to a secret US diplomatic note, former president Thabo Mbeki was involved in the creation of Cope policy — a claim he has denied.

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SACP chief and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has also raised the issue of Cope’s windfall from the Vodacom listing in alliance circles.

The interim leadership of the Congress of the People were on Tuesday confirmed in their positions. The leadership group was extended to 12 people.

Cope on Tuesday joined in the chorus of opposition criticism of President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision to dismiss prosecutions chief Vusi Pikoli.

Congress of the People co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa said on Saturday that the party was not planning to be an opposition formation.

The ANC has served legal papers on Mosuioa Lekota’s breakaway party for using the name Congress of the People (Cope), officials said on Tuesday.

Former ANC communications chief Smuts Ngonyama has slammed a report that his secretary was a spy for the Cope breakaway party.

Smuts Ngonyama said he had resigned from the ANC because he was no longer able to tolerate the recent disrespect of authority in the party.