Vol 55 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma's supporters blame them for the huge embarrassment caused when crowds booed the President during Nelson Mandela's memorial service in December 2013...
Vol 55 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Many electors said they were voting for the ANC or the late Nelson Mandela but had a low opinion of Zuma...
Another metropolitan area at risk for the party will be Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape which includes Port Elizabeth and where the ANC is engulfed in grim factional turmoil...
If the ANC loses Nelson Mandela Bay it will be a massive embarrassment that may serve to hasten Zuma's departure from the party presidency...
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Vol 55 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The latest protests show dissatisfaction is not confined to Soweto Johannesburg where Zuma was booed at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in December last year (AC Vol 54 No 25 When the clouds cried) or to the Eastern Cape where the ANC has steadily lost support since the recall of President Thabo Mbeki in 2008 (AC Vol 49 No 21 All politics is provincial)...
Vol 55 No 6 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Upgrades at the late Nelson Mandela's and Thabo Mbeki's dwellings cost respectively R32 mn...
Vol 55 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
That is we hear why Zuma's office cancelled his trip to London for the memorial service for President Nelson Mandela on 3 March...
Vol 55 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Just how important the cost of Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead has become for his presidency and the elections was clear from the way it dominated a private meeting at South Africa House in London on 1 March just before the former President Nelson Mandela's memorial service...
Graça Machel widow of Founding President Samora Machel and then of South African President Nelson Mandela disappointed many by refusing to put herself forward but threw her weight behind the Chissano faction making an impassioned speech that helped expand the candidate list...
Vol 55 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Gordhan's possible successor Mboweni – known for his love of expensive whisky and fly-fishing – was Labour Minister in the late Nelson Mandela's cabinet...
She also has the backing of ex-President Joaquim Chissano and Graça Machel widow of South Africa's Nelson Mandela and of Founding President Samora Machel...
Vol 55 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma welcomed old comrades and paid special tribute to Nelson Mandela Oliver Tambo and other ANC leaders including the former Deputy President for six months Baleka Mbete...