Vol 49 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Mbeki's supporters have accepted that it is 99% certain that Jacob Zuma will be South Africa's next President
As President Thabo Mbeki claims a rare success in promoting cooperation between the rivals in neighbouring Zimbabwe, the Jacob Zuma-dominated ANC leadership is deciding whether to impeach him,...
Vol 49 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Acting Judge Chris Nicholson’s bitterest swipe was his comparison of President Thabo Mbeki’s campaign to sideline rival Jacob Zuma to that of apartheid governments using legislation and state...
Vol 49 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
It is a testing time for the judiciary as it prepares for the
trial of African National Congress President Jacob Zuma. His supporters
say the trial is politically motivated and want the charges of
corruption, money laundering and racketeering thrown out. Obstacles
to the prosecution are being sought and threats issued to those
judges pressing ahead with the trial. The outcome will determine
who in the ANC will stand for election as the next President of
South Africa.
Jacob Zuma, having won the election for the presidency of the ruling African National Congress, wants to win next year's election for the presidency of South Africa. He...
Vol 49 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Chief Justice Pius Langa: The head of the Constitutional Court and of the Judicial Commission from rural Limpopo Province worked as a labourer in a shirt factory and...
Vol 49 No 16 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala studied at the Universities of Fort Hare and Natal. He lost many pro-African National Congress President Jacob Zuma friends by choosing retired Judge...
Vol 49 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The fierce struggle for the presidential nomination is going Jacob Zuma's way - fast
Supporters of Jacob Zuma, the President of the African National Congress, made their boldest effort yet to take over the government when they brought Kgalema Motlanthe into the...
Vol 49 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The battle for control of the African National Congress divides African intellectuals inside and outside the ANC, with Jacob Zuma supporters, Thabo Mbeki supporters and third-man advocates sparring...
Vol 49 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The ANC's leadership wants to know where its money came from - and where it went
Bitterness has festered within the governing African National Congress since Jacob Zuma took over as party President from national President Thabo Mbeki. The stabbing of Mcebisi Skwatsha, a...
Vol 49 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Bulelani Ngcuka, South Africa’s former National Public Prosecutor and boss of the Scorpions anti-corruption investigators, is the man most hated by African National Congress President Jacob Zuma and...
Vol 49 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The murders of immigrants have their roots in poverty, xenophobia and the failure of political leadership
Violent rampages in townships and informal settlements have changed South Africa and the way the world sees it. Mobs have forced tens of thousands of migrants from other...