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Lekota dedicated his life to South Africa: Motlanthe – SABC News

A picture of the late COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota is seen at his family home in Bloemfontein, Free State on 10 March 2026.

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says the late Congress of the People (COPE) leader, Mosiuoa Lekota, dedicated his life to the country. Lekota, who once served as ANC national chairperson, later left the ruling party to form his own party. He died in a hospital in Midrand in Johannesburg last week at the age of 77. Motlanthe, who worked with Lekota in the Congress Movement, says …

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