Democracy

By Lance Guma

SADC Secretary General Tomaz Salomao has finally admitted the power sharing deal signed on the 15th September was fraudulently altered before the signing ceremony and different from the one agreed to by the parties on the 11th September.

The Tsvangirai MDC initially raised the concerns in an interview with Newsreel in early October, complaining that ZANU PF had doctored the agreement to alter certain clauses in the document that was to be signed a few days ...

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Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.

President Thabo Mbeki had received their letters of resignation, "which, regretfully, he has had to accept", the Presidency said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Cabinet members who have resigned include Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who earlier in the day announced her decision ...

By Michael Appel

Pretoria - Markets remain calm and almost unperturbed by the announcement of the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki delivered in a televised address on Sunday evening, say economists.

"The markets look pretty good at the moment, with the All Share up about 2 percent, the Rand is stable at R8 to the Dollar and bond markets are also stable," economist at Econometrix Treasury Management (ETM), Russell Lamberti told BuaNews, Monday.
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Pretoria - President Thabo Mbeki has thanked South Africans for giving him the opportunity to serve them in the past ten years.

In a moving last address to the nation on Sunday night, Mr Mbeki said he departs the office knowing that South Africa has many men and women who have dedicated their lives to ensure that the country, Africa and the countries of the south will, in time, manage to ensure a better world for all of humanity.

Mr Mbeki said goodbye in all 11 official ...

Pretoria - President Thabo Mbeki has told the nation that neither him nor his cabinet had interfered in the work of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).

The President delivered a moving address on Sunday night, during which he informed the nation that he had officially tendered his resignation.

"I would like to state this categorically that we have never done this and never compromised the right of the National Prosecuting Authority to decide whom it ...