Topic: Thabo Mbeki

New initiative best way to fight graft

THE public launch yesterday of Corruption Watch — an initiative of the Congress of South African Trade Unions that will be funded independently but...

Mbeki slams Uganda’s anti-gay bill

Former president Thabo Mbeki has hit out at Uganda's controversial anti-gay bill, while King Goodwill Zwelithini has been reported as saying...
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has hit out at Ndorwa West MP David Bahati's anti-gay Bill, telling a public audience in Kampala that...
South Africa's presidency on Friday denied a report that former president Nelson Mandela and his successors had been temporarily grounded from free flights due to an exhausted travel budget."The presidency is currently experiencing serious budgetary constraints and unfortunately the budget ...

Sudan to let ex-rebels join army when south secedes

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Khartoum agreed with southern Sudan's dominant party on Wednesday to integrate former rebels in northern territory into the national army when the south secedes, and laid out plans to start ceasefire talks.South Sudan will declare independence on ...

Abyei accord 'important first step': Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday welcomed an accord by north and south Sudan to demilitarize Abyei, but said the real test would be how both sides implemented the deal.The rival governments of north and south Sudan signed the accord ...
Alexander Joe/AFP. Former South African health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, centre, leaves the Pretoria court in April 2001 after a ruling on...

North and south Sudan talks to resume: Mbeki

Leaders of north and south Sudan have agreed to resume talks, mediator and former South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday, after a southern walkout over an alleged plot by Khartoum."The decision taken earlier to suspend negotiations, that matter has ...

Ivory Coast crisis: Thabo Mbeki tries to mediate

0 . Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Ivory Coast on Sunday to mediate in an increasingly violent political crisis sparked by a ...

Battle against AIDS gaining some ground

0 . The world - and San Francisco especially - has heard the soothing words before. The AIDS threat? It's fading. Breakthrough drugs are knocking ...