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/ 12 September 2008
Cartoonists are our<i> iimbongi</i>, the patriots who speak truth to power when necessary.
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/ 11 September 2008
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF agreed a power-sharing deal with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change on Thursday.
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/ 10 September 2008
Zimbabwe political rivals meeting in Harare could sign a power-sharing deal on Wednesday, veteran President Robert Mugabe said late on Tuesday.
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/ 9 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s political rivals appeared far from reaching a deal during talks on Tuesday, despite a proposal floated by SA President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 9 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki has written a letter to FW de Klerk, assuring him that the state is committed to judicial independence.
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/ 9 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s political rivals failed to secure agreement in talks on Monday, but parties hinted that the deadlock could be broken soon.
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/ 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.
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/ 8 September 2008
SA President Thabo Mbeki arrived in the Zimbabwe on Monday in the latest bid to revive stalled talks between the country’s political rivals.
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/ 8 September 2008
South African President Thabo Mbeki will meet Zimbabwe’s rival parties in Harare on Monday in a new attempt to secure a power-sharing deal
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/ 5 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party appealed on Friday for help from regional bloc SADC to unlock stalled power-sharing talks as President Robert Mugabe threatened to form a new Cabinet. ”It is very clear that the deadlock in the current dialogue has to be unlocked,” Nelson Chamisa, spokesperson for Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, told SAfm […]
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/ 5 September 2008
President Thabo Mbeki presided over a rather grey administration.The groupthink he encouraged has been disastrous for our country.
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/ 5 September 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s oil largesse could come at a cost to South Africa, an oil analyst said this week.
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/ 5 September 2008
Mugabe this week gave Morgan Tsvangirai until Thursday to sign the proposed power-sharing agreement.
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/ 2 September 2008
It is time that Venezuela starts sending oil to South Africa and that south-south cooperation is enhanced, President Hugo Chávez said in Pretoria.
Kgalema Motlanthe: ”We must appreciate that these institutions of the judiciary must have a life way beyond their current incumbents.”
Zimbabwean talks would resume on Friday despite comment from President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party that there was no need for further negotiations.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> strongly disagrees with Kgalema Motlanthe’s rather feeble reasons for wanting the Scorpions disbanded.
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has been pegged back in a week of setbacks, but is preparing to reverse his opponents’ gains in Parliament.
The M&G previously reported that Bosasa is under investigation by the SIU for alleged tender fraud relating to DCS contracts.
President Thabo Mbeki has expressed his satisfaction with the upgrading of the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg for the Soccer World Cup.
South Africa’s heroes and heroines serve as a source of inspiration in addressing the challenge of social transformation, President Thabo Mbeki said.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s ascent will not bring a new era of ”openness”, said Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday.
Negotiations on power-sharing to end Zimbabwe’s crisis may be endangered if President Robert Mugabe unilaterally convenes the new Parliament.
The business community feels the state had more than five years to put together charges against Zuma.
Zanu-PF leader Mugabe and Tsvangirai are digging in their heels, insisting they will not move from their closing positions in last week’s talks.
Both Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma profess themselves to be ”pro-poor”, and usually these presentations escape scrutiny in the media.
The same logic that saw Thabo Mbeki replaced as party president should apply to those who seem to think they represent their own jackets.
Johannesburg businessman Hugh Glenister’s bid to stop the disbandment of the Scorpions will come before the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
South Africa needs to strengthen interventions on women’s empowerment, according to President Thabo Mbeki.
President Thabo Mbeki’s failure to secure a Zimbabwean deal at a regional summit has dealt another blow to his credibility as his influence wanes.
While Blade Nzimande attacks the media and judiciary, South Africans must heed the words of the Constitution’s caretakers.
Sotyu proclaimed that the Scorpions would be dissolved because the ANC had decided to do so, despite public hearings into the issue.