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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 resignation of Trevor Manuel — alongside 13 senior Cabinet ministers — has caused confusion and volatility in the country’s financial markets.
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/ 23 September 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.
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/ 23 September 2008
South African lawmakers rubber-stamped President Thabo Mbeki’s resignation on Tuesday, as he attempts to mend his bruised reputation.
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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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/ 23 September 2008
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has resigned, her spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
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/ 23 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki filed papers in court on Monday to join an application for leave to appeal against a court judgement on Jacob Zuma.
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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 chief Jacob Zuma said on Monday there would be a ”smooth transition” in the presidency after the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 22 September 2008
The ANC will name party deputy head Kgalema Motlanthe as SA’s caretaker leader on Monday to replace President Thabo Mbeki, Reuters reports.
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/ 22 September 2008
The African National Congress on Monday named its deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as head of state until elections are held in seven months’ time.
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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
South Africa’s rand treaded weaker ground against the dollar on Monday, rattled in part by President Thabo Mbeki’s resignation.
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/ 22 September 2008
Thabo Mbeki’s dignified resignation speech has helped calm South Africans in the wake of his departure from office, Helen Zille said on Sunday.
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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 officially started his final Cabinet briefing at 4.40pm at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Sunday.
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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
SA faces huge uncertainties over the imminent resignation of President Thabo Mbeki, with much riding on the ANC’s ability to manage the transition.
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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 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.
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/ 20 September 2008
South African President Thabo Mbeki has agreed to resign after the ANC announced that it would remove him from office before the end of his term.
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/ 20 September 2008
The African National Congress is meeting for a second day on Saturday to decide the fate of President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 20 September 2008
Heath called the appeal ”bizarre”, saying the NPA ”soldier on for a cause which can only be their own”.
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
The fate of President Thabo Mbeki was still not known by Friday evening as the ANC’s NEC continued its deliberations in Kempton Park on the East Rand.
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/ 19 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki hit back at his critics on Friday, saying ”insults hurled” at him were not based on facts.
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/ 19 September 2008
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has reacted sharply to Judge Chris Nicholson’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma case.
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/ 19 September 2008
The ANC’s plan to remove President Thabo Mbeki from office is carefully crafted to ensure that his departure will not lead to an early election.
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/ 19 September 2008
Last week’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma corruption trial has several potentially far-reaching implications.