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Mlambo-Ngcuka eyes move to Cope

SA’s former deputy president, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, is preparing to leave the ANC and join Cope, it was reported on Sunday.

Cope unlikely to alter economic agenda

The Congress of the People breakaway faction of the ANC suggested on Sunday it would adopt many of the economic policies of the ruling party.

SCA to hear Zuma graft appeal

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Tuesday announced it would hear an appeal later this month of a ruling that threw out charges against Jacob Zuma.

Zimbabwe crisis worsens amid impasse

Human rights abuses are going unpunished and the food crisis is worsening in Zimbabwe while President Robert Mugabe and the opposition bicker.

Manuel plays down chance of ANC split

SA’s finance minister said he expected more officials to resign in the aftermath of president Thabo Mbeki’s removal, but played down talk of a split.

NPA to launch challenge against Zuma ruling

The NPA said on Friday it would appeal against a court ruling that dismissed a politically charged graft case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.

Angola’s ruling MPLA wins parliamentary poll

Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos’s MPLA party scored a landslide parliamentary election victory on Wednesday with nearly 82% of the vote.

Angola ruling party set for big win in disputed poll

The leader of Angola’s largest opposition party said on Sunday he was contesting the results of the country’s parliamentary election.

Voting in Angola resumes amid controversy

Voting in Angola’s parliamentary election resumed on Saturday for an unscheduled second day.

Mbeki ‘not invited’ to Zim meeting

Leaders will hold an meeting in Swaziland on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe but key negotiator President Thabo Mbeki will not attend.

SA urged to open power sector to private firms

South Africa must embrace private sector involvement in the electricity sector if it wants to solve a power crisis that threatens to derail its growing economy, a business group…

Mugabe uses food as weapon in election race

President Robert Mugabe’s government is using food as a weapon ahead of Zimbabwe’s June 27 presidential run-off election, United States-based group Human Rights Watch said on…

‘We are living like dogs’

Jimmy Malish huddles under a blanket, looks at the darkening sky and prays that it doesn’t rain again on him and the hundreds of other African migrants camped in the courtyard of…

Mbeki’s rule in limbo as townships burn

President Thabo Mbeki faces an uphill battle to remain politically relevant in his last year in office after his failure to contain an eruption of violence that has killed dozens…

Zuma lawyers, NPA discuss trial date

Lawyers for African National Congress president Jacob Zuma will meet prosecutors on Thursday to decide whether his corruption case should begin on August 4, the National…

Mining to resume at Gold Fields after accident

Mining operations at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine will resume on Monday, the company said on Saturday, two days after nine workers were killed in an accident. Gold Fields said no…

Uncertainty over Parreira’s future

The South African Football Association held talks with national team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira on Friday amid reports the Brazilian was about to quit and return home. Safa…

Zimbabwe faces hard road to prosperity

A new Zimbabwean government should be able to stabilise the ruined economy quickly, but would face a much bigger task in returning it to sustained prosperity, analysts say. With…

Makoni rejects idea of opposition coalition

Zimbabwean presidential hopeful Simba Makoni said on Monday he would not form a coalition with the main opposition party because it would alienate dissenters in President Robert…

Mbeki on tightrope as left’s influence rises

South Africa’s left is riding high as the government prepares to unveil a budget that is expected to raise spending on social programmes and shift policy more towards fighting…