Vol 67 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Owing partly to his close ties to Nelson Mandela and his role in drafting the new constitution Ramaphosa projected the image of a leader apart from the networks and culture of the Zuma era...
Nelson Mandela Bay is another warning sign...
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Vol 67 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The move helps Mbalula secure a crucial power base ahead of the 2027 succession battle but it may also weaken the party before municipal elections in a province where the centre-right Democratic Alliance is already pressing hard in Nelson Mandela Bay Keeping control of Eastern Cape province is crucial to Mbalula's ambitions to succeed President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC's elective congress in 2027...
But the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which includes the province's largest city Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and the nearby town of Kariega (Uitenhage) saw the ANC and the centre-right Democratic Alliance win 48 seats each in 2024...
Nelson Mandela Bay is high on the target list for the DA's new leader Geordin Hill-Lewis (AC Vol 67 No 5 Zille – the power behind the DA's throne & 67 No 8 DA triumvirate bets on black votes to break its political ceiling)...
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A seven-part documentary series produced by Netflix the United States-based film and television streaming service The Trials of Winnie Mandela which examines the complex legacy of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela lands four weeks before the British television station Channel 4's three-part reconstruction of the tense final days leading to Nelson Mandela's release on 11 February 1990...
Ollivier remains the only person to have received the highest honours from both PW Botha's National Party government and former ANC President Nelson Mandela...
The three-episode Free Nelson Mandela documentary by James Rogan airs on Britain's Channel 4 from 31 May...
After that he was appointed as constitutional and legal counsel in the Office of the Presidency under Nelson Mandela for five years...
Diplomatically the incident was disastrous for South Africa's claimed stance on human rights and democracy inherited from President Nelson Mandela's term in office and the adoption of one of the world's most liberal constitution...
Vol 66 No 22 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
‘South Africa is spiralling dangerously in the direction of a mafia state by failing to uphold the law amid unemployment and inability to grow the economy ' said Colin Coleman former chief executive of Goldman Sachs in Africa and a long-time supporter of the ANC under Presidents Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma...
The dialogue was initiated by the foundation of former President Thabo Mbeki and supported by other legacy institutions – including those of Nelson Mandela Oliver Tambo FW de Klerk and Ahmed Kathrada...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The rand has gone up against the US dollar eight times in the past nine days to hit R18 to the dollar on 18 June – as Ramaphosa was being inaugurated for a second term at the Nelson Mandela amphitheatre in the Union Buildings in Pretoria (AC Vol 65 No 13 The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition)...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Trying hard some say desperately to recreate the spirit of Nelson Mandela's first power-sharing government in 1994 Mbalula referred to the ‘spirit of engagement' among South Africa's parties and their ‘common commitment to put the interest of the people first'...
The case has won plaudits in the global south leading some to compare the current mood with the liberation aura surrounding Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC)...
