 During a public meeting on 12 October 2008 in Langa, where Lekota was the speaker, membership forms for a possible new party, bearing the name "African National Congress of South Africa (ANCSA)", were distributed.On 31 October 2008, one day prior to the new party's convention in Sandton, the ANC made an urgent application to the high court to prevent the new party from using names such as "South Africa National Convention", "South Africa National Congress", "SANC" or any other name or trademark that is similar to its own.The judge ruled that the convention may go ahead, but did make a ruling on the names issue until 6 November.