ENG: Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota (born 13 August 1948) is a South African politician who was Minister of Defence from 17 June 1999 to 25 September 2008. His nickname Terror Lekota comes from his playing style on the soccer field.
Lekota was born in Kroonstad. He had his primary education at Emma Farm School and most of his secondary education at Mariazel High School in Matatiele. However, he matriculated at St. Francis College in Mariannhill in 1969. Although he enrolled for a social science degree at the University of the North, Lekota was expelled due to his Student Representative Council (SRC) and Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) aligned South African Students' Organisation (SASO) activities in 1972.
On October 8, 2008, Lekota announced that the faction of the party that was loyal ...
COPE president Mosiuoa Lekota admitted on Tuesday that the absence of a democratically elected party leadership could be the reason behind the sudden wave of dissenting views expressed by some members within the party. Lekota was responding to a question from the Daily News about reported divisions within party structures in KwaZulu-Natal. The newspaper was reliably informed that a group of disgruntled COPE members met in Durban earlier this week and had since laid formal complaints with the provincial leadership. Some of the complaints arose from beliefs that minorities had been sidelined ...
