Thabo Mbeki
Jan 27 2011, Robb

This ruling aside, what is being done to enforce the Supreme Court order that compels Zuma’s administration to hand over a report on the 2002 Zimbabwean election to a South African newspaper?

Now bring this latest ruling into play and it is more than..

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Robb, Derby
I have noticed that when cases come to court in Southern Africa, if the subject matter of the case is delicate and in danger of exposing the governments for their...
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Robb, Derby
There can be no doubt that former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, and the current incumbent, Jacob Zuma, have been remiss in their remit to act as mediator in the...
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Robb, Derby
All that the Global Political Agreement has done is prolong the resolution of the political impasse in Zimbabwe. Mbeki may be convinced that the coalition is the only...
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Tiaan, Pretoria
African universities were key to remaking the continent, former president Thabo Mbeki said on Monday. “... Africa will overcome the challenges of poverty,...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
A Harvard University study estimates that 365,000 people in South Africa suffered a premature death due to their government inaction for years. The South African...
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Earnest, Pretoria
life appears to be getting more interesting or exciting by the day. as an African - I see the tide of world economics and politics seems good for our continent and...
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Shane, Kansas City
The power-sharing being brokered in Zimbabwe is under threat after Robert Mugabe allocated control of three major arms of the government to his ruling Zanu-PF party.
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Ofentse, Pretoria
This route, the myth goes, is the descent into dictatorship, the free-fall into hunger and poverty and the collapse of institutions such as an independent and vigorous...
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Tommy, Manchester
There are those who do not believe the activities in Zimbabwe and prefer to detract instead on the written word.. That is their right. I am not going to write...
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Ofentse, Pretoria
Good guerrillas often make indifferent democrats. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may be the clearest proof that the very qualities that make an effective insurgent...
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Jason, Harare
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has described as “devastating” the removal from office of his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki, who is seen as...
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Craig, Pretoria
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress’ (ANC) hopes for a smooth transition of power after its ousting of President Thabo Mbeki were quashed...
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Pooja, Shimla
Robert Mugabe, the runaway winner in a one-horse race, was quickly inaugurated Sunday as president of Zimbabwe after a runoff election on Friday. His opponent had...
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Alice Vosloo, Johannesburg
Yesterday marked the celebration of Youth Day in South Africa. In 1976 an estimated 20,000 young people from Soweto led a demonstration against the segregated Bantu...
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Jonny, Pretoria
I never cared much for politics in my own country with bland characters where nobody really stood out from the crowd. In South Africa however, this is my favorite...
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Richard, Lusaka
I have read in the press and seen in motion and still images, the horrific xenophobic situation in South Africa. I saw someone set ablaze and another man being hacked...
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Olly, Manchester
- South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief regional mediator on the crisis in Zimbabawe, was due on Friday to make his first visit to Harare since the release of...
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Tom, Birmingham
The tendency to compare contemporary political events to the Third Reich is called reducto ad Hitlerum, so facile are the alleged similarities and so often is this...
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Dale, Pretoria
South African President Thabo Mbeki decided to disband an elite crime-fighting unit against an official recommendation to keep it operating, documents released Monday...
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Steve, London
The BBC’s Mohammed Allie in Cape Town looks at whether racism is still thriving in South Africa, 14 years after the end of apartheid, as President Thabo Mbeki...
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Robb, Derby
Thabo Mbeki, the South African President, has yet again been tasked with mediation between Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF and the two factions of the Movement for Democratic...
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Jordan, Houston
DICTIONARIES are flying off bookshop shelves like hot vetkoek from a township spaza shop. The reason the country is seized by this frenzy is because there are some...
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Pooja, Shimla
A Chinese ship loaded with armaments for Zimbabwe steamed into the port of Durban this week and set off a political firefight, putting newfound pressure on South Africa...
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Jonathan, Baton Rouge
It is difficult to ignore the dramatic events in Zimbabwe. I am frequently asked by overseas colleagues and visitors: Why would South Africa escape the fate or even...
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