ANC leader Jacob Zuma has expressed confidence that South Africa can weather any political upheaval after his longtime rival was ousted as president. Zuma, who is expected to become president after elections next year, says South Africa is a "stable democratic country." He spoke at a meeting of the South African Communist Party...
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By wide acclamation, the post-apartheid South African constitution is deemed the most liberal in the world. It grants extravagant liberties to different groups, including homosexuals and activists of all sorts to an extent...
By wide acclamation, the post-apartheid South African constitution is deemed the most liberal in the world. It grants extravagant liberties to different groups, including homosexuals and activists of all sorts to an extent...
I beg to differ. The only admirable bit in the entire drama was Mbeki's graceful acceptance of his fate and choosing to resign without fuelling more divisions through a potentially explosive litigation over allegations...
I beg to differ. The only admirable bit in the entire drama was Mbeki's graceful acceptance of his fate and choosing to resign without fuelling more divisions through a potentially explosive litigation over allegations...
South Africa: Thabo Mbeki - Over two years later, Mbeki would bow to pressure from his party to resign in a move that carried the ugly face of a "palace coup" that cut short his second term in office by seven months. The...
In a letter titled Dear Comrade Mbeki, It's about Bob, on June 29, I gave you very good advice. What does this mean, apart of course from that I am a great seer, a Laibon of the African people and a prophet (mostly of...
In a letter titled Dear Comrade Mbeki, It's about Bob, on June 29, I gave you very good advice. What does this mean, apart of course from that I am a great seer, a Laibon of the African people and a prophet (mostly of...
With the end of apartheid rule in South Africa in 1994, the political space on the continent expanded with a new dominant actor which certainly had a more robust economy and organized social system coming into the fold...
With the end of apartheid rule in South Africa in 1994, the political space on the continent expanded with a new dominant actor which certainly had a more robust economy and organized social system coming into the fold...
ANC members and opposition parties have welcomed the appointment of Kgalema Motlanthe as interim president, saying that his little white beard will help ease the transition between Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Meanwhile,...