Jacob Zuma will inherit a still-simmering crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where analysts said he’s unlikely to tread as softly as Thabo Mbeki.
It was an easy win for the ANC. But what quickly emerged was that a shift had occurred in the South African political landscape.
Voters braved the cold in SA’s hotly contested fourth post-apartheid elections on Wednesday, with KwaZulu-Natal the only province to report problems.
A bubbly Thabo Mbeki and his wife, Zanele, caused a stir when they voted in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.
On the eve of its general election, Chris McGreal reviews four books tracing South Africa’s traumatic post-Mandela history.
The smartly dressed audience filing into Johannesburg’s Market Theatre is a mix of young and old, black and white.
”Mbeki took the view that the only way South African could regain its stature was to take an intellectual and philosophical lead in Africa.”
At its birth last year, some pundits thought the Congress of the People might even draw enough support to prevent the ANC winning a majority.
International media coverage of South Africa has improved since Thabo Mbeki’s axing despite negative reports on Jacob Zuma, research shows.
Former president Thabo Mbeki is a ”conniving” person who betrayed the legacy of struggle icon Nelson Mandela, the ANC’s election head said on Tuesday.
Thabo Mbeki has again denied any political interference in the Jacob Zuma matter, calling for vigilance against ”spreading deliberate falsehoods”.
Prosecutors will announce on Monday whether they will drop charges against Jacob Zuma, in a case that has threatened to damage his leadership.
Activists say Aids-related deaths in the Mbeki era should be investigated. Qudsiya Karrim reports.
Zola Ngcakani has given ”inadequate reasons” for dismissing a probe into allegations that Thabo Mbeki’s phone was tapped, the DA said on Tuesday.
The NPA is reeling over evidence of collusion between its former officials and former president Thabo Mbeki in the prosecution of Jacob Zuma.
Jacob Zuma’s legal team is in possession of phone conversations allegedly tapped by intelligence agencies between Thabo Mbeki and Leonard McCarthy.
South Africa is moving further away from the visions of those who struggled for liberation, Jody Kollapen said on Wednesday.
There is space in the electoral market. The only question is whether any opposition party can exploit the opportunity.
Bringing you the must-have gossip in the run-up to the ballot.
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/ 24 February 2009
Wiith Mbeki’s persona no longer clouding the issue, Zuma will still have to answer the question: How much consultation is enough consultation?
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/ 7 February 2009
The griots adjusted their robes and began some leg stretches in anticipation of the tremendous leaps they would soon be performing.
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/ 6 February 2009
President’s first State of the Nation speech walked a tightrope between appeasing the new, more leftist ANC and acknowledging the work done by Mbeki.
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/ 6 February 2009
A spokesperson said on Friday that the former president had already made other plans by the time the invitation to the opening had arrived.
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/ 31 January 2009
South Africa on Friday welcomed the Zimbabwean opposition’s decision to join a unity government, saying it paved the way for challenges to be tackled.
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/ 22 January 2009
Bantu Holomisa has complained to the AU that actions of the ANC and the government are breaking the fundamental principles of the union.
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/ 21 January 2009
The government has denied claims by Vusi Pikoli that former president Thabo Mbeki suspended him to prevent the arrest of police chief Jackie Selebi.
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/ 20 January 2009
The ANC national working committee resolved to ”become fully involved” in Jacob Zuma’s graft case, spokesperson Carl Niehaus said on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2009
The ANC supports President Kgalema Motlanthe and his decision to axe National Prosecuting Authority chief Vusi Pikoli, it said on Tuesday.
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/ 20 January 2009
Zimbabwe’s political factions wrangled over power-sharing on Monday, but made no progress.
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/ 19 January 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki have arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, to mediate talks later on Monday with the country’s political leaders.
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/ 18 January 2009
The relationship between Zimbabwe’s MDC and former SA president Thabo Mbeki has irretrievably broken down, the Sunday Times reports.
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/ 16 January 2009
The ANC and Jacob Zuma are expected to spill the beans about other corruption in the arms deal when they make representations to the NPA.