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Regards Litye On 2/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > This article is from the daily dispatch website:www.dispatch.co.za > > Battle for Cope posts heats up > > 2009/02/09 > > THERE is trouble brewing in paradise for breakaway Congress of the People > (Cope) following problems and conflicts that almost led to the calling off > of the Amathole regional list conference held in Butterworth last week . > > Cope was formed last year with much fanfare after its founders left the > conflict- ridden African National Congress (ANC), claiming that it had > lost its way, but now it seems the breakaway party has fallen in the > familiar trap of infighting and backstabbing that has characterised the > ANC. > > The battle at the regional conference was caused by complaints from > delegates that the party's interim leadership was not "consultative", > after it recommended that certain individuals be on the list for the > national and provincial legislature, and: > > > Several branches had not been given the guidelines that would have helped > them to nominate leaders; > > > Branches had not given delegates a mandate, and they were also not > properly selected; > > > Former ANC members were allegedly favoured and non-former ANC members > overlooked for leadership positions; and > > > Some delegates were not happy with the nomination of people who had just > defected to the party. > > Delegates also accused the party of becoming a "family dynasty of the > Nkuhlus", following the nomination of Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu as Cope's > candidate for the post of premier – he is the uncle of the party's > provincial chairperson, Andile Nkuhlu. > > Wayne Posthumus led the Buffalo City sub-region faction that called for > the conference to come to a halt when they could not reach consensus on > the names and number of nominees per sub-region. > > The battle for posts in Cope has begun, and reports from various delegates > who were present during the closed session said "this fighting is going to > get ugly". > > There was an open revolt from the regions against the proposed draft list, > which mainly featured the interim leaders – regional chairperson Thabo > Matiwane, Sam Kwelita, Siphatho Handi and Thabo Mdila. > > Matiwane addressed delegates, pleading with then not to allow personal > ambitions to divide the organisation. "We must reject this anti-new > members approach. We must also reject things that are going to divide us > as an organisation," he said. > > The conference had to break for a caucus session and new names had to be > nominated from the various sub-regions. Most of the interim regional > leaders did not make it on to the list. The 23 names nominated from the > Amathole District include Mnquma's Mbulelo Ntenjwa and Maduna Mabona; > Mbashe's Mthobele Mthongana; Ama- hlathi's Moses Qomoyi; Nosimo > Balindlela; Buffalo City's Zimisele Sam and Great Kei's Mike Basophu. > > Meanwhile, reports of a squabble over who will be the face of the party > have emerged, with one group supporting the party's president Mosiuoa > Lekota, and another preferring his first deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa. The > party's youth wing leader is said to be facing the axe for allegedly > lobbying for Shilowa to be the face of their electoral campaign, to the > displeasure of Lekota. - By MSIMELELO NJWABANE, Political Reporter > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
