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Terror strikes… and Jeff responds
Mosiuoa Lekota, the former ANC chairperson who recently resigned from the cabinet, sent an open letter to the ANC yesterday, lambasting the movement for forsaking the values of the Freedom Charter....
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Lekota (sort of) forms new party
At a briefing hosted by Radio 702 this morning, Mosiuoa Lekota announced the imminent formation of a convention that in the coming weeks would “determine how to proceed, to defend democracy in this...
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New party about power not policy
Karima Brown, the Business Day‘s political editor, writes a devastating analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota’s moves to break away from the ANC. On the motivations of the formation of the new party she writes...
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Shilowa teams up with Terror
Today Mbhazima Shilowa, Gauteng’s former premier, announced his resignation from the ANC and his decision to join Mosiuoa Lekota’s new political formation. According to The Times, Shilowa will be the...
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Rebel party gathers critical mass
The M&G analyses the potential support Mosiuoa Lekota’s breakaway party has across the country in this article. The most likely sources of support are the division-wracked Western Cape, Northern...
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Talking points at the National Convention
The first day of Lekota’s National Convention has passed and, by all accounts, been a success, with almost 5000 delegates in attendance. On the convention’s website, there is a useful summary of what...
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National Convention: the voices
David Ansara, who blogs at Quid Pro Quo, was at the National Convention on the weekend and has conducted a series of fascinating interviews with some of the leading players in the new movement,...
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Godin’s marketing lessons from the US elections… SA parties take note!
Seth Godin, branding guru and author of — amongst other things — The Purple Cow, has done a fascinating analysis of the marketing lessons we can learn from the US elections. With South Africa’s own...
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Devious Shikota is merely Mbeki 2.0
Come 2009 elections, Shikota won’t be getting my vote. While their pro-constitutional rhetoric is encouraging, it’s also hard to believe. Where was Lekota’s commitment to the constitution when he was...
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Why there’s not much hope for Cope
This op-ed was written on the eve of South Africa’s elections in April. When Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa announced they were “serving divorce papers” on the African National Congress...
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