The ANC does not own any group of colours‚ or dictate how those colours should be arranged‚ says former party member Dr Makhosi Khoza.She was responding to the ANC’s claim that her newly launched party‚ the African Democratic Change (ADeC)‚ has used the ANC’s colours and logo to confuse voters.Khoza launched the ADeC in Johannesburg last week. On Monday, the ANC said it will report ADeC to the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) for what it considers a deliberate appropriation of its colours and logo.Khoza took to Facebook the same day to respond to the accusation."The alien‚ corrupt ANC that I left accuses me of subterfuge‚" Khoza’s Facebook post read. "I don’t understand Gwede and Kodwa’s problem. When I resigned‚ I made it very clear that I’m taking the good ANC with me. All I took was a good legacy? The ANC does not own any colour and how it should be arranged."ADeC spokesperson Feziwe Ndwayana said the IEC had not contacted them yet‚ but the party was prepared to engage on the com...

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