Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
The rand has gone up against the US dollar eight times in the past nine days to hit R18 to the dollar on 18 June – as Ramaphosa was being inaugurated for a second term at the Nelson Mandela amphitheatre in the Union Buildings in Pretoria (AC Vol 65 No 13 The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition)...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Trying hard some say desperately to recreate the spirit of Nelson Mandela's first power-sharing government in 1994 Mbalula referred to the ‘spirit of engagement' among South Africa's parties and their ‘common commitment to put the interest of the people first'...
The case has won plaudits in the global south leading some to compare the current mood with the liberation aura surrounding Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC)...
When former President Nelson Mandela was released from jail the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat was the first liberation leader he met to thank for his contribution to the ANC's struggle...
He is an associate fellow in international law at Chatham House London and adjunct professor in international law at Cape Town and Nelson Mandela universities...
Insiders say recent pointed remarks about self-interested 'infiltrators' in Frelimo by Graça Machel (the widow of founding President Samora Machel and President Nelson Mandela) refer to Nyusi's supporters including his close ally Celso Correia who led the municipal election campaign and organised Frelimo's victory in the last general election (AC Vol 60 No 21 Frelimo takes no chances)...
Vol 65 No 1 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
uMkhonto we Sizwe was founded by Nelson Mandela and a group within the ANC in 1961...
Vol 65 No 1 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Neither will the party use its former leader Nelson Mandela as its symbol as it has done whenever it was in trouble in the past...
Vol 64 No 25 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
As the youngest Director-General in Nelson Mandela's first cabinet Jardine is seen as a trusted comrade within anti-apartheid circles...
Vol 64 No 24 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
During the presidency of Nelson Mandela he was South Africa's Consul-General in Munich...
It was the biggest international gathering in South Africa since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the country's first democratically elected leader in 1994 but the 22-24 August summit of the BRICS grouping marked a critical change – western countries were entirely absent from the feast...