Madisha and secretary of elections Mzwandile Hleko were handed expulsion letters earlier this month and have lambasted Mofokeng and Makhubele for abusing their relationship with party leader Mosiuoa Lekota.
“Every organisation has a constitution which guides its leadership. For you to be a leader in COPE you have to be elected in a congress by members of the party. Where were they elected? Even after your election, your mandate lasts for five years after which you must renew it,” said Madisha.
Mofokeng and Makhubele came under fire for recently holding a media briefing to defend the party's stance on the ongoing factional wars among its top brass and the subsequent expulsion of Madisha and Hleko. “Lekota was part of the process of establishing structures. He saw that after our travels around the country establishing structures, no-one agreed with him continuing to lead the party — he turned on us and called us rogue,” he said.
“You must ask him when is he retiring because the constitution of the party will not allow him to lead again,” said Hleko.
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