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/ 29 September 2008
One of the things that former President Thabo Mbeki got right during his term was his relationship with and role on the African continent.
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/ 29 September 2008
One faction claims to have been left out, the other sees it as having defected.
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/ 29 September 2008
The stand-in president is one of the only people who can heal the party’s wounds.
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/ 29 September 2008
It is difficult, when punched in the guts, to take a deep breath, although air is what you most fervently desire.
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/ 28 September 2008
ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete says disgruntled party members who plan to start their own movement are wasting their energy.
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/ 28 September 2008
The former president is doing everything he can to undo the damage the Nicholson judgement caused to his reputation.
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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
ANC leader Jacob Zuma said on Saturday the new government would focus on fighting crime and poverty.
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/ 27 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma on Saturday condemned the media, some political parties and analysts for portraying that there was a crisis in the country.
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/ 27 September 2008
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad has resigned, his department announced on Saturday.
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/ 27 September 2008
On a continent where leaders seldom step down, Thabo Mbeki’s resignation earned some plaudits, but the former SA leader also caught some flak.
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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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/ 27 September 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe will find himself with a heavily laden in tray bequeathed to him by former president Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 26 September 2008
The inauguration of President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday and his shuffling of the Cabinet have been roundly welcomed.
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/ 26 September 2008
Nelson Mandela on Friday congratulated new President Kgalema Motlanthe, saying the country was in "good hands" after a week of political turmoil.
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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
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
Market reaction showed the value of the finance minister’s stock, writes Maya Fisher-French.
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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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/ 26 September 2008
Cabinet releases policy review that came after hoax saga. Sam Sole and Nic Dawes report.
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/ 25 September 2008
The deputy president of the ANC, Kgalema Motlanthe, was elected president of South Africa in the National Assembly on Thursday.
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/ 25 September 2008
Local political risk will continue to dominate the rand, Jacques Du Preez of RMB said on Thursday.
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/ 25 September 2008
SA’s third post-apartheid president is set to be sworn into office on Thursday after the dramatic toppling of Thabo Mbeki by his own party.
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/ 22 September 2008
The chief whip of the ANC told Parliament on Monday the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki should take effect in three days.
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/ 22 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma was quickly whisked away after the inauguration of the Gandhi-Luthuli Chair of Peace Studies at the UKZN.
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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
The success of the Jacob Zuma application took many by surprise. To be fair, the lengthy and reasoned judgement is hardly without legal controversy.
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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.
In 2005, clearly, Mbeki was strong and Zuma weak. The shoe is now firmly on the other foot.
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/ 19 September 2008
We shouldn’t have to repeat this, but we will: Judge Chris Nicholson made no finding on the guilt or innocence of Jacob Zuma, and he said so himself.