Can COPE's man of the cloth win against Zuma?
"He carries no political baggage from the (former president Thabo) Mbeki era, unlike Terror ([Mosiuoa Lekota]) or even (first COPE deputy president) |Mbhazima (Shilowa) who are associated with those practices that took place under that |administration," says a Western Cape-based member of...
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| Published in | Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Durban
Independent Online (South Africa)
26.02.2009
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| Summary: | "He carries no political baggage from the (former president Thabo) Mbeki era, unlike Terror ([Mosiuoa Lekota]) or even (first COPE deputy president) |Mbhazima (Shilowa) who are associated with those practices that took place under that |administration," says a Western Cape-based member of COPE's central national committee, who is among those who pushed hard for [Dandala]'s endorsement. Can COPE, a party formed largely by disaffected ANC members, cope with two centres of power? Can Dandala, a largely unknown former cleric, persuade the masses to mark their "X" next to his face on the ballot paper? "COPE is competing for ANC votes and those voters are more likely to vote for someone with a history and a track record in the ANC Dandala is not that person." |
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