South Africa: end of an era for ANC?
Does the birth of a new political party in South Africa spell the begining of the end for the African National Congress, which has dominated the country's politics since the collapse of apartheid in 1994?
Former defence minister to head ANC breakaway faction
The South African Congress of the People (COPE), launched by defectors from the ruling African National Congress Party (ANC), named former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota as president during its two-day founding meeting.
Former defence minister calls for ANC splinter party
Mosiuoa Lekota, a former South African defence minister close to ex-President Thabo Mbeki, said a new breakaway party would be created to challenge the ruling ANC, in a fresh blow to the party's current leader Jacob Zuma.




