Lekota came under fire when he joined forces with AfriForum last year
COPE has rallied behind its embattled president Mosiuoa Lekota after allegations surfaced that a faction within the party wants to oust him as leader.
The party, which splintered from the ANC, received more than 1.3-million votes or 7.42% of the national vote when it first contested elections in 2009. However, it lost a large portion of its supporters due to a bruising leadership battle between Lekota and his former deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa. However, Lekota told Business Day he did not know about this, saying if such plans to remove him actually exist, COPE general secretary Papi Kganare would have notified him. “I have nothing to tell you about this,” he said.
“You are not going to interrogate me about that,” charged Lekota, when asked about it by Business Day.
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