June 17, 2009
Africa: Continent's Soccer Teams Put Up Good Show
Although South Africa and Egypt, Africa's representatives at the Confederations Cup, failed to win maximum points in their first games, they are still very much in the tournament… Read more »
June 15, 2009
South Africa: Spectre of Corruption Threatens Democracy
Recent events in South Africa and Britain show that despite the fact they are regarded by many as examples of good governance, political leaders in both countries are struggling to… Read more »
June 11, 2009
South Africa: United States Relations - The Political Dimension
The following is a paper as prepared for delivery by Moeletsi Mbeki at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC on June 10, 2009. The paper was presented as part of a conference… Read more »
June 05, 2009
South Africa: Zuma's Half-Million Jobs is Wishful Thinking
In President Jacob Zuma's first address to the South African Parliament on the state of the nation this week, he promised to create half a million jobs in the next six months. It… Read more »
May 26, 2009
South Africa: Nation Enters First Recession Since Democracy
Africa's biggest economy, that of South Africa, contracted by a shock six percent in the first quarter of this year, confiming that the country has slid into its first recession in… Read more »
Africa: Diamond Magnate Calls for 'African Way' of Doing Business
A South African businessman whose name is synonymous with the international diamond trade has told an African Union (AU) audience that the global economic crisis was caused by… Read more »
May 13, 2009
South Africa: Diamond Sold For Record U.S. $9.4 Million
A seven-carat blue diamond discovered at the Cullinan diamond mine near Pretoria has been sold in Geneva for a record price of nearly U.S. $9.5 million. Read more »
May 09, 2009
South Africa: President Zuma Inaugurated in Lavish Ceremony
African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma may be a commoner, but his inauguration as the fourth democratically-elected President of South Africa on Saturday was a lavish ceremony… Read more »
May 07, 2009
Africa: Carson Assumes Top U.S. Africa Policy Post, Departs for Zuma Inauguration
Ambassador Johnnie Carson was sworn in Wednesday as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, the administration's senior Africa policymaking position. Read more »
Sudan: Facing Arrest, Bashir Stays Away From South Africa
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend South African President-elect Jacob Zuma's inauguration Saturday, a top South African official said at a media briefing Thursday. Read more »
South Africa: Parliament Elects Zuma in Raucous Session
There were rowdy scenes at the first sitting of South Africa's Parliament since the recent elections as members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) heckled old… Read more »
April 30, 2009
Madagascar: South Africa Warns Ousted Leader
The South African government has cautioned deposed Malagasy leader Marc Ravalomanana against returning to his country, saying such a move would be “unwise, provocative and… Read more »
April 28, 2009
South Africa: What Was Recipe for Election's Success?
Last week's election was one of those prolonged special moments strengthening our belief in the possibility of creating a country and citizenry at peace with itself. It is… Read more »
April 25, 2009
South Africa: Zuma's Home Province Saves ANC
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has won South Africa's national election with a slightly reduced majority, narrowly failing to achieve the two-thirds majority that… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Takes Another Two Provinces
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been confirmed the overwhelming winner of elections in two major South African provinces - the economic centre of the country,… Read more »
April 24, 2009
South Africa: Democratic Alliance Wins Cape Town Vote
3h45pm (SA Time): The Democratic Alliance has won the Western Cape province with 50.18 percent (713,661) of the vote according to electoral commission results. Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Results Delayed
12h50pm (SA Time) In what has been coined the most contested election since liberation in 1994, the ANC has already secured a two-thirds majority. Read more »
South Africa: Overnight Voting Update From IEC
With 12.6 million votes counted, the ANC had 8.3 million votes. The Democratic Alliance had 1.9 million, the Congress of the People 951,000 and the Inkatha Freedom Party 486,000. Read more »
April 23, 2009
South Africa: ANC Loses Support in Heartland
9.05pm: The African National Congress has lost support in the region of the country popularly held to have been the crucible of the struggle against apartheid. Read more »
South Africa: Ruling ANC Cruises to Polls Victory
[Report updated] Energized by a split in the liberation movement which led South Africa to freedom, voters turned out in huge numbers for the country's fourth democratic elections… Read more »
South Africa: 'New Kid on the Block' Still Third
6pm (SA time): The ruling African National Congress has exceeded the five million mark and stays in the lead with opposition Democratic Alliance receiving over one million votes,… Read more »
South Africa: Electoral Officer Faces Fraud Charges
4.20pm (SA time): A presiding officer at a polling station in the former heartland of the Inkatha Freedom Party faces criminal charges after a ballot box was found stuffed with… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Announces Victory Rally
1.50pm: Fresh figures from the Independent Electoral Commission's result centre continue to show the ruling ANC leading the pack with 3,721,550 votes, while the DA has 1,054,819… Read more »
South Africa: Five Million Votes Counted
12:12pm (SA time): With 18 percent of votes counted, the tally reported by the SA Press Association from the national results centre was: ANC 3,434,611 votes; DA 988,923 votes;… Read more »
South Africa: Four Million Votes Now Counted
11.20am (SA time): The latest incoming election count gives the ruling African National Congress 64.64 percent of the vote, with the Democratic Alliance receiving 18.64 percent.… Read more »