Mr Lekota resigned from the ANC after the ousting of Thabo Mbeki, the former President(Photo from Times Online)
Mood Turns Ugly At Rally For Breakaway Leader Mosiuoa Lekota Of ANC -- Times Online
The split in South Africa's ruling African National Congress turned ugly yesterday at a rally called by the breakaway faction leader Mosiuoa Lekota in this giant squatter camp 30 miles (50km) south of Johannesburg.
ANC loyalists chanted “Kill Lekota!” as they confronted his secessionist supporters, who tore apart ANC flags, an act regarded as treasonous by party diehards. Police units - supported by armoured vehicles and with helicopters overhead - lined up between the two sides to prevent violence.
Yesterday's rally was a first testing of the waters for Mr Lekota, a former Defence Minister nicknamed “Terror” for his attacking prowess on the football field. It comes before the planned launch of a new opposition party on November 2. Mr Lekota resigned from the ANC after the ousting of Thabo Mbeki, the former President, last month and announced that he would form a “new ANC” to contest elections due in May.
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My Comment: South Africa is starting to break into its different cultural and ethnic lines. Mix it with political corruption, intolerance, and social/economic breakdown .... we can easily look at a scenario in which South Africa becomes another Africa failed state within a decade or two..