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News Source: I Africa
| about 1 year ago
Motlanthe will guide the country toward elections next year while aiming to bridge the gaping divide within the ruling African National Congress (ANC). A power struggle within the party plunged the nation into its worst political crisis since the end...
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News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
Motlanthe, the ANC deputy president, overwhelmingly won a secret ballot of MPs as had been expected. He took 269 votes against 50 for a candidate standing for the opposition Democratic Alliance. Mbeki resigned as the head of state on Sunday on the...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said the resignation of former South African president Thabo Mbeki was devastating, state media reported on Thursday. Although Mbeki was frequently criticised for taking a soft line with Mugabe in a year of...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said he can work with his long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai, following a recent power-sharing deal. "I don't see any reason why we can't work together as Zimbabweans...Under the deal, MDC leader Mr Tsvangirai...
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News Source: CNN
| about 1 year ago
South Africa's Parliament Thursday chose the deputy president of the ruling ANC party, Kgalema Motlanthe, as interim president to replace outgoing President Thabo Mbeki, the African National Congress said. Mbeki resigned last weekend at the request...
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News Source: Associated Press
| about 1 year ago
Zimbabwe's president said Wednesday he sees no obstacles to carrying out a power-sharing agreement with rivals and hopes it will lead the West to ease sanctions, which he blamed for devastating the country's economy...General Assembly on Thursday,...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
The power-sharing deal between Zimbabwe's president and the opposition has stalled just as the man who mediated during months of painful negotiations, South African President Thabo Mbeki, has been upended by his own political troubles. The African...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
South African President Thabo Mbeki's resignation has raised new concerns about the fragile power-sharing deal he brokered just one week ago in neighbouring Zimbabwe, analysts said on Wednesday. Although the deal was clinched last week, tough...
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News Source: Macleans
| about 1 year ago
Zimbabwe's president said he hopes a power-sharing agreement with rivals will lead the West to ease sanctions on his country. In an interview Wednesday, Robert Mugabe said he is close to carrying out a political pact with opposition leader Morgan...
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News Source: News 24
| about 1 year ago
ANC president Jacob Zuma has until Friday to decide whether to respond to Thabo Mbeki's Constitutional Court application, The Star newspaper reported on Wednesday. The court notified Zuma and acting national prosecuting boss Moketedi Mpshe on Tuesday...