… In contrast, president Thabo Mbeki prevented the publication of the full findings. …
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- April 2026
- March 2026
… Still in the dark, but with documents “Could you please advise [about]… the payment of the taxed costs,” wrote Felix Mbeki, South Africa’s acting solicitor-general, in an email to two of his subordinates on 3 February 2026. …
Payment pending — how the Fred Daniel matter taints the state attorney… And in a crucial moment, President Thabo Mbeki removed him from office. At the 52nd ANC National Conference in Polokwane, ANC president Thabo Mbeki (centre) and national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota share a light moment, while Jacob Zuma sits alongside. …
How Mosiuoa Lekota challenged the ANC’s rule and changed the course of SA’s democracy… Lekota, nicknamed ‘Terror’ due to his prowess on the football field, left the ANC in 2008 shortly after former South African president Thabo Mbeki was removed by the party. …
Former SA defence minister and Robben Island prisoner Mosiuoa Lekota dies- December 2025
… The party is finally following former president Thabo Mbeki’s dictum that a smaller ANC would be more powerful — born of the Leninist doctrine of Better Fewer, But Better — a call for higher quality party membership. …
The race to rule the ANC after Cyril — new numbers, new front-runners- November 2025
During an address on Saturday, former president Thabo Mbeki said a National Dialogue was urgently needed to solve South Africa’s many crises and called for a reform of the country’s presidential election method. …
Mbeki says the way presidents in South Africa are elected is wrong- October 2025
… In that ruling, Deputy Judge President Audrey Ledwaba overturned a 2006 agreement signed by Zuma and former president Thabo Mbeki stating the government would pay Zuma’s legal fees in his protracted 1999 Arms Deal and other cases instituted against him in his personal capacity. …
Zuma faces 60-day deadline to repay state funds unlawfully used for legal costs… Back in 2006, after all, the scam was cited in then President Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation Address — the scandal, it was declared, proved that the “willing buyer, willing seller” principle of land reform was flawed. …
Justice for the departed — Fred Daniel defeats Mabuza, more than 20 years late- August 2025
… President Cyril Ramaphosa is the person who formally decided to hold the dialogue, and former president Thabo Mbeki was the person who most loudly proposed it. …
The National Dialogue’s ultimate test would be to overcome our cynicism- July 2025
… As South Africa prepares for the National Dialogue, with an estimated price tag of R700-million, former President Thabo Mbeki warned that without capable leadership, the process risked being meaningless. …
National Dialogue will be meaningless without honest leaders, warns Mbeki
Opinion
Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality
The News
An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.
Why it matters
Opinion analysis of Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation mentality examines governance patterns affecting national political trajectory.
26 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Sunday 26 April
Swapo's authoritarian populism rooted in liberation struggle mentality
An opinion piece argues that Swapo, like other former liberation movements in government, has failed to deliver on promises and uses patriotic narratives of its struggle history to justify remaining in state control, drawing parallels to critiques of post-colonial African governments by Frantz Fanon and Angolan author Pepetela.
26 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Friday 13 March
South African government delays R700,000 damages payment to conservationist
Conservationist Fred Daniel won a R306-million damages award against South Africa's government in September 2025 for state-sponsored persecution, but the office of the state attorney delayed paying his R700,000 in taxed costs for six months until asset seizure was threatened. The government has announced an appeal against the judgment despite the defendant agency stating it cannot afford the legal fees.
13 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Thursday 5 March
Mosiuoa Lekota's legacy beyond apartheid struggle honored
The Namibian's analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota, who died on Wednesday, argues that his role in forming the Congress of the People in 2008 was equally vital to his anti-apartheid activism. By breaking the ANC's political dominance, Cope's 1.3 million votes prevented Zuma's government from securing a two-thirds majority, shifted South African politics from racial to policy-based competition, and inspired the formation of other parties including the EFF and ActionSA, fundamentally changing the country's democratic trajectory.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →
South African former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota dies at 77
Mosiuoa Lekota, a prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who served as South Africa's defence minister and ANC chairperson before founding the rival Congress of the People party, has died after a period of illness. He was imprisoned on Robben Island during apartheid and broke from the ANC in 2008 over corruption concerns.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →