President S Resignation

Mbeki biographer Mark Gevisser reflects on the former president’s annus horribilis and the uncertainties left in the wake of his unceremonious exit.

Mbeki was quintessential ANC, an integral and very key member, an arch-propagandist who embodied and expressed its spirit of democratic centralism.

The political rupture in South Africa is being presented in the outside world as the personal tragedy and humiliation of one man, Thabo Mbeki.

By this time next year Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will most likely not be in office, writes Ferial Haffajee.

An ageing Nelson Mandela’s voluntary departure from the presidency in 1999 was a great moment.

Lev David: I’m not panicking. We’re fine for now. And, just in case, we’re stocking up on tinned food, the way we did in ’94.

Humble leaders would have considered it an honour to walk in Madiba’s shoes, but not Mbeki.

It is difficult, when punched in the guts, to take a deep breath, although air is what you most fervently desire.

The former president is doing everything he can to undo the damage the Nicholson judgement caused to his reputation.

The decision by the ANC to recall President Thabo Mbeki represents the downfall of the most hubristic executive in contemporary South Africa.

Two of the ministers who resigned from Thabo Mbeki’s Cabinet this week spoke to the Mail & Guardian about why they resigned.

Will the new president, Kgalema Motlanthe, come under pressure from Luthuli House to lean on the NPA not to appeal?

Musharraf’s position has been in doubt since elections in February. The resignation means that the West has lost its most important ally.