Mthobisi Nozulela FORMER president Jacob Zuma was the "worst thing South Africa has ever experienced", the general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), Zwelinzima Vavi, ...

Zwelinzima Vavi's scathing assessment of Jacob Zuma's presidency raises critical questions about leadership and ...

In fact, how different do you think is the detail of the New Growth Path from Gear? You avoid getting into such debates ... always come up with the best and the worst of comrade Thabo Mbeki. In his ...

Former president Thabo Mbeki was the keynote speaker at the 2021 Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture on Friday. He reflected on former president Nelson Mandela's presentation of the political report ...

Pros and cons Despite his many weaknesses, a substantial argument could be made for Mbeki. Economic growth was far faster under his administration than under any other post-1994 president. GEAR was ...

In1978 he wisely turned down the offer to become a World Bank vice president. Former South African president Thabo Mbeki. In a widely-reported speech two weeks ago, former South Africa president Thabo ...

Under Thabo Mbeki, the government shifted gears to focus on economic growth through its Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) strategy. This strategy significantly reduced government spending ...

The SACP had first to survive Thabo Mbeki, the new president after Mandela ... having mentioned some of the SACP’s public unhappiness about Gear, he continued: “The left sectarian factions ...

The GEAR strategy aimed to achieve an economic growth rate of ... In the following period from 2000 to 2008, when Thabo Mbeki was president, economic growth accelerated significantly at a 4.2% annual ...

Gayton McKenzie replied to Thabo Mbeki, who accused him of weaponising Afrophobia ... Arts and Culture Department would buy sports equipment and gear for underprivileged communities. He responded to a ...

From 2000 to 2008, when Thabo Mbeki was president ... “Sound macroeconomic policies (RDP and GEAR) contributed, focusing on raising fixed investment, keeping consumption at bay and lowering ...