Soweto honours Mosiuoa 'Terror' Lekota at memorial service

Morero jokes about no-confidence motions at Mosiuoa Lekota memorial – The Mail & Guardian

ANC Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has jokingly asked United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Bantu Holomisa to instruct his party’s councillor in the City of Johannesburg to stop writing motions of no confidence against him. “You have your person who is bothering me in council. He writes motions of no confidence non-stop. I’m asking you to talk to him to leave me to finish my term. I only have five months,” Morero pleaded with Holomisa. Morero mad…

Soweto honours Mosiuoa 'Terror' Lekota at memorial service

Political leaders and mourners gather in Soweto to pay tribute to Mosiuoa 'Terror' Lekota, a key figure in South Africa's fight for freedom.

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Former comrades and friends of the late Congress of the People (COPE) founder, Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota have remembered him as an outstanding organiser during a memorial service at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto on Wednesday. Lekota’s comrades and friends have spoken fondly of him as a brilliant organiser during the short time he spent in the United Democratic Front (UDF) before his arrest in 1985. ” We built organisations and allianc…

Soweto mourns ‘Terror’ Lekota at Regina Mundi Church memorial

By Palesa Matlala Steve Aphane, Lekota’s bodyguard since 1995, told the Soweto memorial service that Lekota put his children through school and university. President Ramaphosa has given Lekota a Special Official Funeral Category 2, to be held in Bloemfontein with SAPS ceremonial elements. Mourners packed Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto for the Gauteng memorial service of Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, the former Defence Minister and Congress …