The National Party during its regime of white minority government used the tactic of divide and rule. It had an enemy, it was black and it was in large numbers. The enemy had to be ruled so it was ...

President Thabo Mbeki is unlikely to go head-to-head with his former deputy Jacob Zuma in a contest for the head of the African National Congress in 2007. This, according to analysts, is "the ...

I find it interesting Zuma is pointing towards Brazil to learn things Lula seems to have learnt from the Thabo Mbeki ­presidency. Let’s remember the state of our economy when Mbeki started running the ...

Zuma also spoke of Mbeki’s passion for international relations and African development and how he made the African Renaissance “the central tenet of the country’s foreign policy outlook”.

Some suggested that Zuma, who is not a member of parliament, would not serve in a transitional administration and would most likely assume power only after the elections. Although Mbeki has been a ...

Last month, the party moved against Mbeki after a court suggested he pressured prosecutors to file graft charges against his rival, ANC leader Jacob Zuma. Rumors of a split and public spats ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa was joined by former President Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma and former Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to congratulate the 5th President of the Republic of Namibia ...

Zuma and Mbeki cannot sit under the same roof, let alone around the same table.” The official added: “It was going to be awkward and just outright wrong if you have both former heads of state ...

Mr. Zuma eventually became deputy president to South Africa’s second democratically-elected president, Thabo Mbeki, in 1999. But Mr. Mbeki fired him after he was implicated in bribery as part of ...

Unlike the more aloof Thabo Mbeki or the technocratic Cyril Ramaphosa, Zuma connects with ordinary South Africans through his warmth, humour, and apparent humility. His background as a self ...

Former president Thabo Mbeki reflected on Jacob Zuma’s presidency. Picture: Twitter/@TMFoundation_ Former president Thabo Mbeki has taken aim at his successor Jacob Zuma, suggesting he had ...