It’s not quite clear who is held in greater contempt: Robert Mugabe or Thabo Mbeki.
Media reports say the African National Congress has fired the premiers of the Western and Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela and Ebrahim Rasool.
Thabo Mbeki should ”adapt and update his approach” to negotiations over the future of Zimbabwe, says British Foreign Secretary David Milliband.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and opposition held a second day of talks in SA on Friday as the UN delayed a vote on fresh sanctions against Mugabe’s regime.
The year started on a post-Polokwane note that held out some hope for the opening up of political space and free debate.
Who is really South Africa’s commander-in-chief? National Intelligence Agency director general Manala Manzini gave President Thabo Mbeki this title.
A call by the G8 to send a UN envoy to Zimbabwe and to press for new sanctions is a stinging humiliation for mediator Thabo Mbeki, analysts say.
Thousands of unionised South African workers downed tools on Wednesday to protest against a sharp jump in food and fuel prices.
President Thabo Mbeki has conveyed his and the government’s condolences to the family of late former intelligence minister Joe Nhlanhla.
Zimbabwe’s government said on Tuesday that the G8 leaders’ rejection of President Robert Mugabe’s legitimacy was racist and an insult.
Suspended NPA boss Vusi Pikoli says he didn’t intend turning SA into a ”wasteland” due to a backlash over arresting police chief Jackie Selebi.
President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party and Zimbabwe’s opposition are to resume talks to resolve the country’s political crisis.
SA President Thabo Mbeki has been given a grilling by G8 leaders at a private meeting over his mediation efforts in Zimbabwe.
SA President Thabo Mbeki has presented a plan to Zimbabwe’s political leaders that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as a titular head of state.
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis.
Hearings into suspended National Prosecuting Authority chief Vusi Pikoli’s fitness to hold office will continue on Tuesday.
Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa, rumours of whose death left media with egg on their face on Thursday, was to undergo further tests on Friday.
President Thabo Mbeki never ordered a stop to the prosecution of police chief Jackie Selebi, suspended prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli said on Friday.
The attacks on foreigners in the ”dark days of May” were not xenophobia, but ”naked criminal activity”, President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday.
President Thabo Mbeki was shocked when told that warrants had been issued against police chief Jackie Selebi, the Ginwala inquiry heard on Wednesday.
President Thabo Mbeki will address the national day of mourning in support of those affected by the recent xenophobic attacks.
The politician’s solution to all public blunders is to claim that his or her words were misinterpreted
South African progressive forces must urgently reopen discussions on racism and xenophobia, argues Horace Campbell.
South Africa is close to brokering a deal that would see a unity government negotiated in Zimbabwe, it was reported on Tuesday.
A blend of the two camps in the ANC might avert its sinking into the lowest form of rule.
Most ANC leaders who returned from exile, including President Thabo Mbeki, received their training in the old Soviet bloc and use Stalinist jargon.
Oh, for a sign of divine providence in the face of Robert Mugabe’s loony assertion that "only God" can remove him from office.
South Africa has been supplying Zimbabwe with helicopters, revolvers and cartridges — despite the mounting human rights atrocities in that country.
Two stories in this edition spotlight the paradox of President Thabo Mbeki’s handling of the Zimbabwean crisis in view of his role in the region.
The Mail & Guardian reveals a document penned by President Thabo Mbeki in 2001 in which he warns Robert Mugabe over his style of rule.
Opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the renewal of the employment contract of suspended police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi.
African pressure mounted on Wednesday to postpone Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off election set for Friday, but authorities said it would go ahead.