Togo's elections were meant to have been a test case for Africa showing how regional institutions could face down a minority clique which was using the army to seize power in what South African President Thabo Mbeki described as a 'constitutional charade'...
Since her arrival in Pretoria in November 2004 Frazer is credited with improving relations with President Thabo Mbeki who had been irritated by US criticism of his HIV/AIDS policy...
Vol 46 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Thabo Mbeki with whom Manuel has worked closely for the past decade wants to allocate extra resources to the poorest and least developed regions to build productive capacity and grow consumer markets to benefit Africa as a whole...
Vol 46 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Both President Thabo Mbeki and his deputy and probable successor Jacob Zuma are wedded to the idea of private capital powering the country's economic development but they want the government to take a more decisive role in steering the state...
South African President Thabo Mbeki's position on Zimbabwe has toughened considerably since the arrest of a South African counterintelligence officer in December 2004 (AC Vol 46 No 2)...
South African President Thabo Mbeki called the succession an 'unconstitutional charade'...
Vol 46 No 3 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
South African President Thabo Mbeki has managed to diffuse the tension for the time being...
Vol 46 No 3 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
President Thabo Mbeki gave qualified support for a referendum on changing the constitution to let Gbagbo's arch-rival Alassane Dramane Ouattara run for president a move opposed by the Ivorian parliament and the AU...
That would give him space to plan his succession (self-succession some sceptics suggest) and resume his role as Africa's second most itinerant President-diplomat after South Africa's Thabo Mbeki...
This year President Thabo Mbeki will be involved in critical negotiations in conflicts in Côte d'Ivoire Sudan Burundi Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda and Comoros...