A Stormy Test for Democracy in South Africa
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Some say the bare-knuckled succession struggle for the presidency could foretell how robust South AfricaÂs young democracy is.
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To secure a driverâs license, South Africans must navigate a bureaucratic process so daunting that it has set off riots.
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The choice of a liberal white woman to lead South Africaâs main opposition party may seem counterintuitive. What Helen Zilleâs election says about a nation still trying to overcome the legacy of apartheid.
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Days before Jacob Zuma was expected to become the next leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, legal authorities have filed court documents they say contain new evidence against him in a corruption case.
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The African National  Congress (ANC) holds a hotly contested election on Monday that  could clear the way for the controversial Jacob Zuma to assume  South Africa's presidency.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect a new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged corruption, former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
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South Africa may have gone a long way to addressing racial injustices but there is a growing acceptance that its huge wealth gap threatens to derail the achievements of the post-apartheid era.
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On Sunday, voters will have a limited chance to elect members to the city&#39;s parliament. By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Â The newly elected leader of South Africa's ruling party was ordered to stand trial on corruption and other charges next year, raising doubts about whether the party would back his candidacy for the 2009 presidential election.
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As South Africa&#39;s president he led the ANC back to power in elections in April with a two-thirds majority. The economy is booming, inflation is low and jobs, finally, are being created.
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South Africa's former deputy president Jacob Zuma is a veteran anti-apartheid fighter whose bid to lead the country largely hinges on the outcome of a sensational corruption trial starting on Monday.
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Since yesterday, leaders of countries that make up the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been meeting in Mauritius. The tone of the speeches presented so far suggests that the meeting will not be any different from previous ones. The ...
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Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential vote puts this nation of mud-brick houses and tribal fiefdoms on the edge of an improbable experiment with democracy.
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A baby step towards democracy, but liberal reformers lose
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A documentary critical of South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, will finally be shown to the public today more than a year after it was made and after it was twice pulled from the state broadcaster amid accusations of political censorship.
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A neck-and-neck race for Kenyaâs presidency with Raila Odinga, an unconventional opponent, will test whether voters will vote strictly along tribal lines.
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OXFORD, England Rich countries are ardent advocates for democracy all around the world. But when it comes to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, government of the many by the few is the preferred option.