The aftershocks from Thabo Mbeki’s sacking continue to reverberate through South Africa.
SA’s new leader on Thursday backed former president Thabo Mbeki as the mediator in Zimbabwe, saying he would revive a stalled power-sharing deal.
Two strikingly different speeches — one saying goodbye, and the other saying hello. Two moods and two different styles.
Zimbabwe’s logjam in forming a unity government could pull recently ousted South African president Thabo Mbeki back into the spotlight.
An ageing Nelson Mandela’s voluntary departure from the presidency in 1999 was a great moment.
Lev David: I’m not panicking. We’re fine for now. And, just in case, we’re stocking up on tinned food, the way we did in ’94.
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/ 30 September 2008
Judge Chris Nicholson had no grounds to comment on Thabo Mbeki’s decision to dismiss Jacob Zuma, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday.
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/ 30 September 2008
SA’s finance minister said he expected more officials to resign in the aftermath of president Thabo Mbeki’s removal, but played down talk of a split.
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/ 30 September 2008
Humble leaders would have considered it an honour to walk in Madiba’s shoes, but not Mbeki.
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/ 30 September 2008
The axing of Thabo Mbeki has triggered a sense of disorientation and terror in the hearts of the middle classes, both white and black.
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/ 30 September 2008
There is strong evidence that the deposed president undermined the investigation into South Africa’s arms procurement.
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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
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
Senior ANC Cabinet Minister Zola Skweyiya has criticised the ”shocking disrespect” shown to Thabo Mbeki in the last year, it has been reported.
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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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/ 28 September 2008
One of the first hot potatoes President Kgalema Motlanthe will have to handle is the choice of the 18th judge of the Constitutional Court.
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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 NPA said on Friday it would appeal against a court ruling that dismissed a politically charged graft case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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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
Newly elected President Kgalema Motlanthe used the limited room afforded by a partial Cabinet reshuffle to promise stability.
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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
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
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
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
Market reaction showed the value of the finance minister’s stock, writes Maya Fisher-French.
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/ 26 September 2008
Cabinet releases policy review that came after hoax saga. Sam Sole and Nic Dawes report.