No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 27 September 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe will find himself with a heavily laden in tray bequeathed to him by former president Thabo Mbeki.
No image available
/ 26 September 2008
The inauguration of President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday and his shuffling of the Cabinet have been roundly welcomed.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 26 September 2008
Will the new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, come under pressure from Luthuli House to lean on the NPA not to appeal?
No image available
/ 26 September 2008
Market reaction showed the value of the finance minister’s stock, writes Maya Fisher-French.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 26 September 2008
Cabinet releases policy review that came after hoax saga. Sam Sole and Nic Dawes report.
No image available
/ 25 September 2008
The deputy president of the ANC, Kgalema Motlanthe, was elected president of South Africa in the National Assembly on Thursday.
No image available
/ 25 September 2008
Local political risk will continue to dominate the rand, Jacques Du Preez of RMB said on Thursday.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 22 September 2008
Ranjeni Munusamy asks how the media could have missed the signs of a political conspiracy against Jacob Zuma.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 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.
No image available
/ 19 September 2008
Last week’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma corruption trial has several potentially far-reaching implications.
No image available
/ 16 September 2008
The South African Communist Party has taken a swipe at senior ANC members who left the army to make money from arms sales.
No image available
/ 15 September 2008
Drop Zuma charges, say ANC war veterans, or face social and economic turmoil.
No image available
/ 14 September 2008
Gwede Mantashe insists Cosatu and SACP members will share 20% of places on the ANC election lists.
No image available
/ 14 September 2008
With celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the UDF barely over, another broad-based, left-leaning civil society grouping having been launched.
No image available
/ 12 September 2008
The projection of an argument for a legal or political settlement of the Zuma case is a caricature and an instance of intolerance.
No image available
/ 11 September 2008
When the political will to deal with elite crimes falters, a culture of impunity takes hold.
No image available
/ 11 September 2008
In the first of a two-part series, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, argues that capital must be disciplined.
No image available
/ 9 September 2008
The M&G has become useful to those who are worried about the growing influence of the working class and the poor on ANC policies.
No image available
/ 6 September 2008
Delegates to the Greater KwaDukuza conference allegedly received preferential treatment, depending on who they supported.
No image available
/ 6 September 2008
The league’s membership has dropped dramatically over the past four years, from more than 500 000 to 317 000.