JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- South African President Thabo MbekiThabo Mbeki announced his formal resignation Sunday during a televised address but did not say when he would...
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is due to nominate a caretaker president on Monday to replace Thabo Mbeki. Mr Mbeki formally resigned as president on Sunday, at the request of the ANC. ...
Another came a year ago when South Africa’s national rugby team lifted the petite and mildly terrified-looking president onto brawny shoulders when they won the World Cup. Mr. Mbeki left South Africans with one more of those images last ...
The ANC’s secretary general said the decision to seek Mr Mbeki’s early departure as president had been taken for “stability and for a peaceful and prosperous South Africa”. This was not punishment for Mr Mbeki, Gwede Mantashe told ...
South Africa’s parliament has been voting for a president to replace Thabo Mbeki, who is stepping down.Counting is under way and the winner is expected to be Kgalema Motlanthe, deputy leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ...
Mbeki, who has ruled South Africa since taking over from Nelson Mandela in 1999, was due to leave office in 2009. He lost the leadership of the ANC to Zuma last year in a bitter leadership battle that further divided the party. ...
... South Africa’s governing party, prevailed on President Thabo Mbeki to resign. A caretaker will soon assume his post, and elections will follow next year. At that point, Mr. Zuma will presumably become the nation’s leader. ...
ANC president Jacob Zuma has until Friday to decide whether to take on President Thabo Mbeki in South Africa’s Highest Court. The constitutional court on Tuesday directed Zuma and acting national prosecuting boss Mokotedi Mpshe to give ...
This weekend, these questions assumed greater urgency when the African National Congress, South Africa's governing party, prevailed on President Thabo Mbeki to resign. A caretaker will soon assume his post, and elections will follow ...
But if Mbeki heeds the ANC’s recall, Parliament will likely appoint the Speaker as acting head of state for the remainder of his term, after which everyone expects Zuma to become the next duly elected president of South Africa. ...
But Zuma has said repeatedly he does not plan a major departure from the free market policies of Mbeki and Manuel. South Africa enjoyed unprecedented growth during Mbeki's nine-year tenure, but critics say he did too little to ensure ...
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