… According to Mathebula, another issue that made it difficult for the ANC was that it now had three options it could exercise – recall Ramaphosa as it did with former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma, ask him (Ramaphosa) to resign, or have him resign on his own accord. …
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… In contrast, president Thabo Mbeki prevented the publication of the full findings. …
Swapo’s Authoritarian Populism- March 2026
… 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- October 2025
… 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- March 2025
… Among them were various top officials, like Malawi’s vice president, Michael Usi, and former South African president Thabo Mbeki. …
Sam Nujoma's Funeral in Images- November 2022
… Our new book, ‘The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in an Age of Crisis’, assesses the leadership of South Africa’s five post-apartheid presidents – Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe, Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa. …
SA Needs Strategic Leadership. Its Presidents Have Not Been Up to the Task- September 2022
… There are respected retired regional former presidents of Botswana and South Africa, Ian Khama and Thabo Mbeki, who could help mediate a stalemate. …
Genocide Issue: A Call For a Mediator
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Constitutional Court overturns ANC's Phala Phala vote block
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South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the National Assembly's December 2022 vote declining to refer an independent panel's report on President Cyril Ramaphosa to an impeachment committee was unconstitutional and invalid, and has now referred the report directly to the impeachment committee. An analyst says the ANC's use of majoritarian tactics to shield Ramaphosa has left the party in crisis ahead of 2026 local elections.
11 May 2026 · The Namibian →
Monday 11 May
Constitutional Court overturns ANC's Phala Phala vote block
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the National Assembly's December 2022 vote declining to refer an independent panel's report on President Cyril Ramaphosa to an impeachment committee was unconstitutional and invalid, and has now referred the report directly to the impeachment committee. An analyst says the ANC's use of majoritarian tactics to shield Ramaphosa has left the party in crisis ahead of 2026 local elections.
11 May 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 →
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 →