FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Cope, the preferred party of non-ANC black voters in the April 2009 elections, could split amid an intensifying power struggle between two founder members. The official opposition could benefit.
Tag: South Africa
S. African police confiscate 3 tons of explosives
The South African police confiscated about 3 tons of illegal commercial explosives packed in 100 boxes on Friday during a raid on a house in Johannesburg’s South Hills.
New outbreaks of street violence during all-national strike in South Africa
Officials and media reported that several members of SA Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) and a police officer were injured when clash broke out between the two sides in Port Elizabeth on Friday.