Has President Jacob Zuma set back the fight against HIV and Aids more than his predecessor? Helen Zille believes so but the evidence shows otherwise.
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Six years ago South Africa’s president was ousted by his enemies in the ANC. Ex-editor Ray Hartley looks back.
The commission’s questions will be limited to his role in implementing the policy groundwork to buy arms, and his opinion on its affordability.
Agang leader Mamphela Ramphele’s autobiography tells how the Machiavellian bank culture helped her prepare to address HIV denialism.
Thabo Mbeki was recalled as president of the country by the ANC, but Twitter was full of praise for him as he celebrated his 71st birthday.
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The recent and sudden revision of Thabo Mbeki’s place in history reminds Charles Leonard of the re-evaluation of jazz legend Miles Davis’s legacy
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/ 11 October 2010
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation launched on Sunday with the aim of making the 21st century an "African century".
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/ 8 February 2008
There was nothing ”unusual” about President Thabo Mbeki’s Friday State of the Nation address, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said. ”Contrary to the stated theme of his speech, this was business as usual for the president,” she said. Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille said Mbeki’s address was ”another list of promises”.
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/ 9 February 2007
The government’s reaction to the heated national debate on crime is expected to be high on President Thabo Mbeki’s agenda during his State of the Nation address on Friday morning. The speech is expected to be upbeat, including a focus on ”the age of hope” and reference to the challenges posed by South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
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/ 2 February 2007
A week before President Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation address, his “age of hope”, trumpeted in last year’s speech, is at risk. Despite 96 straight months of economic growth his recent dismissal of concerns about of two of South Africa’s most pernicious social ills — crime and corruption — have undercut public confidence in his presidency.