Vol 41 No 20 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Police statistics show that between 1994 (when the African National Congress came to power) and 1999 (when Thabo Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela as President) reported car-jackings increased by 20 per cent rapes by 21 per cent assaults by 22 per cent burglaries by 25 per cent and common robberies by an astonishing 121 per cent...
Vol 41 No 19 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Seven heads of state including the heavyweights Thabo Mbeki Olusegun Obasanjo Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Abdoulaye Wade arrived in Abidjan on 24 September while the affair of the sacked generals was at its height...
Vol 41 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Less predictably officials from President Thabo Mbeki downwards have declared that there is a strong parallel with the situation in Algeria and that Pretoria is acting on the Algerian government's advice to deal with Islamic extremism before it gets out of hand...
Vol 41 No 17 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Conscious of the dangers of complacency President Thabo Mbeki and the ANC's leaders denounce 'graft' and 'careerism' in the party to show how different they want to be from President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front...
The government has rebuffed efforts by other African leaders notably South African President Thabo Mbeki to promote dialogue...
Vol 41 No 15 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The ANC leadership deployed the grand rhetoric of its revolutionary past but more to sustain President Thabo Mbeki's radical image than as a pointer to government policy...
Vol 41 No 14 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The Southern Cape Land Committee representing 3 000 land claimants has written to President Thabo Mbeki with their complaints...
Vol 41 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Sources close to President Thabo Mbeki say he has lost patience with Cosatu's resistance to government macro-economic policies but remains wary of the union federation's punching power with its 1...
Vol 41 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
To iron out the long-standing and often fierce quarrels within the ANC President Thabo Mbeki (AC Vol 41 No 4) has convened a National General Council in Port Elizabeth on 11-15 July...
Vol 41 No 10 |
- UNITED STATES
Given that much is already known about Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and his good relations with South African President Thabo Mbeki (due in Washington on a state visit this month) many lobbyists may be hoping for a victory by Republican candidate George W...