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Bid to oust Mbeki fails
news24.com May 11, 2008
The South African Communist Party's plan to drive President Thabo Mbeki from his post has failed, say the three parties in the alliance. ... Jan-Jan Joubert, Die Burger Johannesburg - The South African Communist Party's plan to drive President Thabo Mbeki from his post...
Mbeki clings on
thenews.com.pk May 14, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 R W Johnson Thabo Mbeki has just survived an attempt to sack him as president of South Africa. This occurred at last weekend's summit of the tripartite alliance -- the ANC, the Communist Party (SACP) and the biggest trade union group, Cosatu, where the motion for Mbeki to...
ANC denies divisions over Mbeki axing request
sabcnews.com May 13, 2008
The ANC denies there are divisions in the alliance over the SACP's request for Mbeki to step down ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe has denied that the tripartite alliance is divided over a request by the SA Communist Party (SACP) that President Thabo Mbeki should step down before next year's...
Mbeki clings on
guardian.co.uk May 13, 2008
RW Johnson: Support for the South African president has collapsed; for survival, he now relies on his worst political enemy ... Support for the South African president has collapsed; for survival, he now relies on his worst political enemy Thabo Mbeki has just survived an...
Allies Still Undecided On Mbeki
allafrica.com May 13, 2008
While the tripartite alliance chose at its weekend summit not to push for Thabo Mbeki's dismissal as the country's president, it has called for a review of all energy-intensive projects, including the controversial aluminium smelters. ... The alliance partners also...
A Jump to the Left
allafrica.com May 13, 2008
IN STRUGGLING to make sense of President Thabo Mbeki's determined policy of appeasement towards Robert Mugabe over the years, some analysts have suggested it may have been motivated primarily by concern over the ripple effect on the politics of the region if a labour-led party such as the...
South Africa: A Jump to the Left
allafrica.com May 13, 2008
IN STRUGGLING to make sense of President Thabo Mbeki's determined policy of appeasement towards Robert Mugabe over the years, some analysts have suggested it may have been motivated primarily by concern over the ripple effect on the politics of the region if a labour-led party such as the...
Leftward Leap If ANC Allies Get Their Way
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
THE tripartite alliance summit has made a raft of economic proposals which, if implemented, could signal a major shift to the left when President Thabo Mbeki steps down next year. ... The decision of the summit to make the African National Congress-led alliance the...
South Africa: Leftward Leap If ANC Allies Get Their Way
allafrica.com May 12, 2008
THE tripartite alliance summit has made a raft of economic proposals which, if implemented, could signal a major shift to the left when President Thabo Mbeki steps down next year. ... The decision of the summit to make the African National Congress-led alliance the...
ANC partners deny bid to sack Mbeki as SA president
epherald.co.za May 12, 2008
THE ANC alliance has denied it agreed on plans to depose President Thabo Mbeki but reaffirmed its support for ANC leader Jacob Zuma, saying: “We will not only be accompanying him to court but to the Union Buildings as the next president of South Africa.”
Mbeki staying on as president
news24.com May 11, 2008
The South African Communist Party's plan to drive President Thabo Mbeki from his post has failed, say the three parties in the alliance. ... Jan-Jan Joubert, Die Burger Johannesburg - The South African Communist Party's plan to drive President Thabo Mbeki from his post...