New party is SANC

[Necuno]

New party is SANC
The South Africa National Congress has emerged as the preferred name for the breakaway party, although it has yet to be registered with the Independent Electoral Commission.

all i can get from www.pretorianews.co.za

 

[LazyLion]

LOL... somehow I was expecting this. I wonder if the ANC has any trade marks on their name?

Whatever the party was going to call itself, it could not go far from the ANC.

Smacks of the NP and the NNP.

Apartheid politics all over again.

 

[CaTcH21]

Who really cares what they call themselves,as long as power does not go one party, it works out just fine.

 

[Necuno]

LOL... somehow I was expecting this. I wonder if the ANC has any trade marks on their name?

Whatever the party was going to call itself, it could not go far from the ANC.

Smacks of the NP and the NNP.

Apartheid politics all over again.

or the HNP - for those who remembers; hoof nasionale party

 

[Vroomfondel]

or the HNP - for those who remembers; hoof nasionale party

I think you mean "Herstigte Nasionale Party"

 

[Nod]

I see that the SANC have a website already

Link to full article: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20081030055642731C170130

 

[LazyLion]

I see that the SANC have a website already

they're gonna need the nurses when the Zuma supporters go on their killing rampage.

 

[LazyLion]

It is understood the ANC will not be sending a delegation.

LOL.... sour grapes.

 

[Turtle]

That's already taken as the nickname for the (relatively state-controlled) SABC

 

[Flanders]

Who really cares what they call themselves,as long as power does not go one party, it works out just fine.

I agree but at least it's not something like WANC.

 

[chiskop]

I see that the SANC have a website already

They're also on .org.za.

 

[Kloon]

Under electoral law, it is the prerogative of the chief electoral officer to chose not to register a party, "if its name, abbreviation or emblem resembles that of another party sufficiently to deceive or confuse voters", according to the IEC.

this from http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20081030055642731C170130

 

[Moederloos]

AANC

Another Association of Nasty Crooks?

 

[LazyLion]

Interviewer: So why did you guys see it necessary to create a new political party?

Lekota: 'Cos the other one SANC!

 

[spykoss]

SANC is GOOD

I second the notion, another political party is good for the democracy - if ANC gets 81% representation in parliament, wheres the point in even having a parliament?

Lets see what happens in April though...Oh and when are they gona introduce sum secure online-voting system, I cant see myself queuing in the sun for sum politician

 

[Pilgrim]

OANC? Original ANC