ANC decries alleged Cope remarks

THE ANC said it was dismayed and deeply concerned about allegedly inflammatory and defamatory remarks made by the Congress of the People (Cope). Cope youth leader Anele Mda reportedly told a Mthatha meeting on Friday that ANC president Jacob Zuma was a rapist and that if the ANC were re-elected under President Zuma, rape would no longer be a criminal offence. ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus said: This is nothing but hate speech . It is also devoid of any respect for the law, and its most basic...