{"id":32875,"date":"2026-03-04T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/32875\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:24:07","slug":"afrique-du-sud-mort-de-mosiuoa-lekota-militant-anti-apartheid-ex-ministre-et-fondateur-du-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/afrique\/32875\/","title":{"rendered":"Afrique du Sud: mort de Mosiuoa Lekota, militant anti-apartheid, ex-ministre et fondateur du COPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mosiuoa Lekota a connu les ge\u00f4les de Robben Island, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/tag\/nelson-mandela\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nelson Mandela;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Nelson Mandela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Emprisonn\u00e9 en 1974 pour \u00ab complot \u00bb et \u00ab mise en danger du maintien de l&rsquo;ordre public \u00bb, le militant anti-apartheid fut lib\u00e9r\u00e9 en 1982 avant un nouveau passage derri\u00e8re les barreaux de 1985 \u00e0 1989.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mosiuoa Lekota occupe ensuite diff\u00e9rentes fonctions au sein du Congr\u00e8s National Africain. Il est notamment nomm\u00e9 pr\u00e9sident national du parti en 1997, un poste qu&rsquo;il occupera pendant dix ans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Il est nomm\u00e9 ministre de la D\u00e9fense en 1999, d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la pr\u00e9sidence de Thabo Mbeki, dont il est proche.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lorsque celui-ci d\u00e9missionne en 2008, <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.rfi.fr\/actufr\/articles\/106\/article_73489.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mosiuoa Lekota quitte \u00e9galement ses fonctions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mosiuoa Lekota quitte \u00e9galement ses fonctions<\/a> et <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.rfi.fr\/actufr\/articles\/108\/article_76149.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fonde le Congr\u00e8s du Peuple;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fonde le Congr\u00e8s du Peuple<\/a>, en signe de protestation contre la mont\u00e9e en puissance de <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.rfi.fr\/actufr\/articles\/106\/article_73278.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zuma au sein de l&#039;ANC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zuma au sein de l&rsquo;ANC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Contrairement \u00e0 d&rsquo;autres, Mosiuoa Lekota n&rsquo;est jamais retourn\u00e9 dans son ancien parti, malgr\u00e9 les r\u00e9sultats \u00e9lectoraux d\u00e9cevants du COPE, qui a obtenu moins de 1 % des suffrages lors des derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00ab Il est hors de question que je retourne parmi des hommes et des femmes d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 d\u00e9truire la d\u00e9mocratie constitutionnelle \u00e0 laquelle j&rsquo;ai consacr\u00e9 la majeure partie de ma vie \u00bb, avait notamment d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Mosiuoa Lekota au sujet de ses anciens camarades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00ab Mosiuoa \u00ab\u00a0Terror\u00a0\u00bb Lekota et moi avons une longue histoire d&rsquo;activisme politique. C&rsquo;\u00e9tait un Sud-Africain engag\u00e9 qui aimait profond\u00e9ment son pays et je continuerai \u00e0 lui rendre hommage. J&rsquo;adresse mes plus sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 sa famille et \u00e0 ses proches \u00bb, a \u00e9crit sur X le pr\u00e9sident sud-africain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/tag\/cyril-ramaphosa\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cyril Ramaphosa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Cyril Ramaphosa<\/a>, en rendant hommage \u00e0 Mosiuoa Lekota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mosiuoa Lekota a connu les ge\u00f4les de Robben Island, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Nelson Mandela. 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