Former African National Congress (ANC) heavyweight Trevor Manuel wants media personality JJ Tabane to be interdicted from claiming he was part of the formation of the Congress of the People (Cope), and to apologise to him and pay R100 000 in damages. The former finance minister said there was no reason he should be forced to submit himself to "indignities and assaults" on his integrity over Tabane's claim that he had a hand in the formation of Cope.
Former African National Congress President Thabo Mbeki has described the late former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Lindiwe Mabuza as a person who had an outstanding capacity to organise people in the party.