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/ 25 September 2008
Deputy ANC leader Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in as president on Thursday to replace Thabo Mbeki, who resigned amid a political crisis.
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/ 25 September 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe took office on Thursday as South Africa’s president and stressed he would keep to the policies of his predecessor Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 23 September 2008
Six of the Cabinet ministers who quit on Tuesday are willing to serve again, it has emerged, while the deputy defence minister has also resigned.
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/ 23 September 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.
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/ 22 September 2008
The ANC will name party deputy head Kgalema Motlanthe as SA’s caretaker leader on Monday to replace President Thabo Mbeki, Reuters reports.
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/ 22 September 2008
The ANC leadership will nominate a new president at a meeting on Monday morning following President Thabo Mbeki’s announcement of his resignation.
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/ 21 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki has tendered his resignation, he said on Sunday. ”Today I handed a letter to the honourable Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete”.
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/ 21 September 2008
South Africans are contemplating the end of a political era this weekend after President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday announced his decision to resign.
President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday called a wave of deadly attacks on migrants an ”absolute disgrace” and said his government would take all measures to bring those responsible to justice. Meanwhile, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said all people in South Africa should be tolerant of one another.