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Fist fights break out at Mosiuoa Lekota’s COPE briefing

LOCAL Fists and chairs flew as violence erupted at a Congress of the People (COPE) briefing on Wednesday by the party's suspended president Mosiuoa Lekota. Lekota, accompanied by other national party leaders, spoke on his apparent suspension announced by the now suspended deputy president Willie Madisha on Monday. Lekota said the suspension was bogus as Madisha, along with secretary for communications Dennis Bloem and COPE secretary for elections Mzwandile Hleko, had been suspended […]

today1 September 2022

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Ramaphosa given 7 days to come up with concrete remedies to SA’s economic challenges

LOCAL Congress of the People (COPE)’s Youth Movement has given President Cyril Ramaphosa seven working days to come up with tangible solutions to the economic challenges in the country. The Youth Movement marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria earlier on Monday to submit a memorandum of demands, highlighting high youth unemployment. At the Union Buildings, the youth handed out a list of grievances. These are rising fuel prices, unemployment, and […]

today12 July 2022

Local

Lekota responds to being called a ‘sell-out’

Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota says he will continue to stand firmly by his view that there is no need to amend the Constitution or to expropriate land without compensation - even in the face of being called a disgrace and a sell-out. Some South Africans who have attended public hearings in Mahikeng on Wednesday into the highly-emotive land issue, shared their disappointment in the anti-apartheid activist's unrepentant criticism of those […]

today19 July 2018

News

Opposition parties claim victory in secret ballot vote

By Yaseen Kippie Opposition parties believe last night’s outcome in the motion of no confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma is a victory for the opposition, as it shows the ANC is more divided than ever before. Zuma narrowly escaped another vote of no confidence, this time by secret ballot, with 35 ANC members breaking the ranks by voting with the opposition. Speaker Baleka Mbete announced that 198 MPs had […]

today9 August 2017

Local

Cope lays charges at Hlaudi

The Congress of the People (Cope) has laid a complaint with police against the SABC's Hlaudi Motsoeneng, claiming he irregularly sold SABC archives to entertainment and internet company MultiChoice, spokesperson Dennis Bloem said on Saturday. The decision comes after the volatile presentation by the SABC to Parliament's committee on communications, Bloem explained. Cope said in a statement that it had emerged that Motsoeneng "unlawfully and improperly disposed of key state […]

today8 October 2016

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