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/ 28 September 2008
The ANC and opposition DA are neck and neck among urban South Africans ahead of an election due next year, according to a survey.
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/ 28 September 2008
Zuma has confirmed that it was Motlanthe’s beard, and his ability to stroke it in a reassuring manner, that won him the coveted position.
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/ 28 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma lived up to his promise of a more inclusive ANC last weekend, allowing majority opinion on President Thabo Mbeki’s future.
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/ 27 September 2008
The decision by the ANC to recall President Thabo Mbeki represents the downfall of the most hubristic executive in contemporary South Africa.
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/ 26 September 2008
Almost a quarter of black people polled in a survey this week support the formation of a breakaway party from the ANC, research company TNS says.
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/ 26 September 2008
South Africa’s new President Kgalema Motlanthe won praise on Friday for quickly forming a government after a week of political turbulence.
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/ 26 September 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe was first to arrive, parking his Audi and slipping into the empty chamber for his last hours outside the presidential bubble.
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/ 26 September 2008
South Africa’s new president reappointed Trevor Manuel as Finance Minister on Thursday, reassuring investors worried about major policy change.
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/ 26 September 2008
With the mediator’s future uncertain, Zimbabwe’s ground becomes even shakier for the MDC, Zanu‑PF and the ANC
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/ 26 September 2008
Two of the ministers who resigned from Thabo Mbeki’s Cabinet this week spoke to the Mail & Guardian about why they resigned.
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/ 26 September 2008
Will the new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, come under pressure from Luthuli House to lean on the NPA not to appeal?
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/ 26 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma will spend the months ahead engaging ANC structures in an attempt to head off what seems to be an internal rebellion.
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/ 26 September 2008
Meltdown Monday and the astonishing four days that followed saved British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, but were of no help to Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 25 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma will oppose former president Thabo Mbeki’s application to join an appeal against the Pietermaritzburg High Court judgement.
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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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/ 25 September 2008
Supporters of Jacob Zuma have taken the top five positions in the leadership of the ANC in the Western Cape.
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/ 25 September 2008
The ANC) decision to recall president Thabo Mbeki was unjust, outgoing Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad said on Wednesday.
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/ 24 September 2008
Outgoing Western Cape African National Congress chairperson James Ngculu has called for unity in the party in the province.
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/ 24 September 2008
The ANC has taken issue with a Sapa story issued on Tuesday, saying it incorrectly attributed certain comments to President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 24 September 2008
The public should not panic about Cabinet resignations, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said in Mpumalanga on Tuesday.
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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
The resignations of President Thabo Mbeki and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel have shocked many, but some have welcomed the news.
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/ 22 September 2008
Three men were shot when an African National Congress meeting in Lusikisiki turned violent, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.
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/ 22 September 2008
The new ANC leadership is likely to make budget changes prior to the election next year, says an economist.
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/ 22 September 2008
Local newspapers on Monday largely criticised the African National Congress’s removing President Thabo Mbeki from office.
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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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/ 22 September 2008
Ranjeni Munusamy asks how the media could have missed the signs of a political conspiracy against Jacob Zuma.
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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
President Thabo Mbeki’s planned resignation leaves South Africa’s leaders with the arduous task of rebuilding a messy political scene, media said.
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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.
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/ 21 September 2008
The IEC is using April 14 as the expected election day, but the final date will have to be announced by President Thabo Mbeki.