Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a make-or-break meeting in Harare on Sunday.
Ex-spy Mhleli ”Paul” Madaka was the source of the sensational claim that President Thabo Mbeki accepted R30-million from a German arms bidder.
The Presidency has maintained there is no need for a judicial commission of inquiry into South Africa’s controversial arms deal.
Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks are making good progress but no meeting has been set between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.
President Thabo Mbeki is consulting his lawyers on possible action over the newspaper’s report of his allegedly corrupt involvement in the arms deal.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition are close to a power-sharing deal that would turn Robert Mugabe into a ceremonial president.
Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe’s rival political parties were going smoothly on Monday, a South African official said.
The Pietermaritzburg High Court started hearing argument on Monday on why the corruption case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma should be dropped.
The Presidency on Sunday strongly rejected renewed allegations of arms-deal corruption involving President Thabo Mbeki.
President Thabo Mbeki was allegedly paid R30-million to guarantee a German shipbuilder would receive a submarine contract in the arms deal.
Mbeki’s widely criticised quiet diplomacy in Zimbabwe has taken almost a decade to pave the way for negotiations for democratic rule in that country.
Mbulelo Sogoni replaced Nosimo Balindlela, who was forced to resign by the new ANC leadership for failing to improve service delivery in the province.
Suspended prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli did not flinch on Friday when lawyers for his employer said that he lacked judgement.
President Thabo Mbeki has opened the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy in Pretoria.
Mugabe said that negotiation was a different game which required compromise, ”Unlike in card games in negotiation you must be ready for compromise”
Zimbabweans are tired of one-upmanship. What people need to hear on both sides of the political divide is a message of hope.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday he was ”fairly satisfied” with talks with President Robert Mugabe’s party.
Talks between Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition to resolve a political crisis will resume on Sunday, SA President Thabo Mbeki says.
Talks on Zimbabwe’s political crisis broke up on Tuesday in South Africa as negotiators flew home to resolve a deadlock over power-sharing.
Egypt and South Africa would continue to work together to build the framework for economic and political cooperation.
Claims that talks between Zimbabwe’s opposition and negotiators for President Robert Mugabe had broken off were called into question on Tuesday.
The SACP has poured cold water on the government’s plans to embark on a national campaign against poverty, saying the move won’t benefit the poor.
The Cabinet has approved a draft framework for a national food-price agency, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
South Africa’s government criticised on Sunday the imposition of new sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his allies.
South Africa, the continent’s economic powerhouse, will next month launch a nationwide campaign against poverty, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
ANC leader Jacob Zuma, soon to stand trial on corruption charges, says he would ”decentralise” power if elected South Africa’s next president.
SA and the EU on Friday wrapped up a landmark summit with Brussels backing SA’s mediating role in Zimbabwe as the only way of ending political chaos.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party will not accept a power-sharing deal that fails to recognise his re-election.
President Thabo Mbeki has withdrawn his opposition against a Constitutional Court bid to stop the disbanding of the Scorpions.
The secret talks between Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe are not a "new dawn" for Zimbabwe, as some South African media seem to imagine.
South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been pilloried over his Zimbabwe mediation efforts, has a chance to make his critics eat their words.
A landmark deal between Zimbabwe’s political rivals was hailed by South Africa’s media on Tuesday as a new dawn for the troubled nation.