Vol 1 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH AFRICAINDIA Hands across the water 23rd October 2008 The boom in Indian-South African relations is bringing together politicians, companies, and even Bollywood film stars and African actors. Both have their iconic statesmen – Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi, who briefly...
Vol 48 No 25 | SOUTH AFRICA 'Unstoppable tsunami' 14th December 2007 Jacob Zuma is set to sweep the ANC presidency in a wave of protest against incumbent Thabo Mbeki Jacob Zuma's campaign for the presidency of the African National Congress is called the 'unstoppable tsunami'. A poll of party branches gives him the support of 61% of...
Vol 48 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Zuming ahead 30th November 2007 The party primaries went against President Mbeki and the hunt for a compromise candidate is speeding up Jacob Zuma has built up such a lead in the race for the African National Congress presidency that his opponents are stepping up efforts to find a new...
Vol 48 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA The third man or possibly - woman 30th November 2007 African National Congress officials hope to find a third way, with President Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma stepping out of the leadership race to make room for a...
Vol 48 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWE Mbeki to the rescue 30th November 2007 Restarting talks between Mugabe's government and part of the opposition may not be a triumph for quiet diplomacy South African President Thabo Mbeki stopped over in Harare on 22 November and persuaded Zimbabwe's main opposition party to carry on talking to the ruling Zimbabwe African...
Vol 48 No 24 | SENEGALSOUTH AFRICA Two crocodiles 30th November 2007 Octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade and his 65-year-old South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki seem to disagree about many things, especially the African Union and the New Partnership for African...
Vol 48 No 23 | SOUTH AFRICA The compromise candidates 16th November 2007 The selection of the next president is getting messier as the ruling party’s branches have their say President Thabo Mbeki and his sacked deputy Jacob Zuma dominate the contest to elect the President of the African National Congress at next month's party congress. Neither has...
Vol 48 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICA Shooting the messenger 2nd November 2007 One thing unites the factions in the bitter infighting for the succession in the governing African National Congress: they all hate the media After the toughest weeks of his presidency, Thabo Mbeki basked in the national euphoria generated by the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup victory over England in Paris. He used...
Vol 48 No 22 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWEBRITAIN Scrum half 2nd November 2007 Relations between Britain and South Africa, not helped by the Springboks’ 15-6 defeat of England in the Rugby World Cup in Paris on 20 October, have become poisonous...
Vol 48 No 21 | SOUTH AFRICAANALYSIS Zuma, Buthelezi and the Zulu nation 19th October 2007 The exit of Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi from politics and the rise and rise of Jacob Zuma as a national leader with an unassailable base in KwaZulu-Natal is a moment of truth for South Africa’s Zulus. The Inkatha Freedom Party, so long dominant in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), is losing its grip and risks disintegration. Its leader, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, told its national conference (13-14 October)...