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ANC Defectors Launch New South African Party

Congress of the People aims to be 'non-racial' in still-divided nation

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 16, 2008 2:59 PM CST

(Newser) – A former defense minister is the first head of a new South African political party made up mainly of defectors from the African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, the BBC reports. Called Congress of the People, or COPE, the movement spearheaded by Mosiuoa... Read full story »

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ANC Defectors Launch New South African Party

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