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South Africa

Population: 47.4 million
GNI: $255300 million
Debt: $20900 million
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The ANC leadership battle continues in August when party President Jacob Zuma faces corruption charges while his supporters plot against national President Thabo Mbeki. The political mayhem will undermine the economy.

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  • Vol 48 No 25
  • 14/12/2007

'Unstoppable tsunami'

Jacob Zuma is set to sweep the ANC presidency in a wave of protest against incumbent Thabo Mbeki

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

Zuming ahead

The party primaries went against President Mbeki and the hunt for a compromise candidate is speeding up

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

The third man or possibly - woman

African National Congress officials hope to find a third way, with President Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma stepping out of the leadership race to make room for a compromise candidate. They have proposed a special meeting of the ANC's National Executive C...

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

Mbeki to the rescue

Restarting talks between Mugabe's government and part of the opposition may not be a triumph for quiet diplomacy

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

Two crocodiles

Octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade and his 65-year-old South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki seem to disagree about many things, especially the African Union and the New Partnership for African Development (NePAD). So bad are their disagreements th...

  • Vol 48 No 23
  • 16/11/2007

The compromise candidates

The selection of the next president is getting messier as the ruling party’s branches have their say

  • Vol 48 No 22
  • 02/11/2007

Shooting the messenger

One thing unites the factions in the bitter infighting for the succession in the governing African National Congress: they all hate the media

  • Vol 48 No 22
  • 02/11/2007

Scrum half

Relations between Britain and South Africa, not helped by the Springboks’ 15-6 defeat of England in the Rugby World Cup in Paris on 20 October, have become poisonous again over Zimbabwe.

  • Vol 48 No 21
  • 19/10/2007

Zuma, Buthelezi and the Zulu nation

The exit of Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi from politics and the rise and rise of Jacob Zuma as a national leader with an unassailable base in KwaZulu-Natal is a moment of truth for South Africa’s Zulus.

  • Vol 48 No 21
  • 19/10/2007

A king's ransom

The King of the Zulus, Goodwill Zwelithini, has been allocated 30 million rand (US$4.4 mn.) by the state for the 2006/2007 financial year. There are fears that he could overspend by more than R7 mn. He has plans for a new palace in Durban and there is...

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