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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.
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Johnny de Lange has effectively put his hand up for a cabinet role in a Zuma government.
SADC has recognised that negotiations in Zimbabwe are continuing, but emphasised the urgency, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s main rivals failed to reach a settlement on the final day of a regional summit where the country’s crisis was high on the agenda.
Zimbabwe’s opposition chief wants to be a powerful prime minister, but would leave the presidency — and command of the military — to Robert Mugabe.
Southern African leaders were to gather in Johannesburg on Sunday for the final day of a summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe’s crisis.
Zuma supporters sweep out leaders of Mbeki-aligned chemical union, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
Former DA leader Tony Leon says the crisis in the judiciary has been more than a decade in the making.
The end is in sight for negotiations between Zimbabwe’s rival leaders, President Thabo Mbeki told the SADC summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Zimbabwe’s main political rivals are in SA for a regional summit with negotiators expected to aim for a resolution to the country’s political crisis.
South Africa’s opposition parties are failing to cash in on the infighting in the ANC, a recent survey indicates.
The ANC has warned against unruly behaviour — as seen at recent conferences — at the upcoming provincial conference in Mpumalanga.
How justice boss asked Vusi Pikoli’s staff to spy on him, helped the ANC with its anti-Scorpions submission, and told Mbeki the NPA was after him.
In a one-party dominant state like SA, officials with political aspirations that suit the ANC are allowed to ride roughshod over our hard-won values.