South Africa: An Unlikely Opposition Leader
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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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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 ruling African National Congress elected populist Jacob Zuma as its party leader, putting him on course to become president in 2009
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JOHANNESBURG, March 13 -- Two harrowing days in police custody have left Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai with serious physical injuries but also renewed standing as head of an anti-government movement that is showing more energy than it has in years.
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Though she may be nobodyâs vision of a rabble-rouser Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, recently dismissed as South Africaâs deputy health minister, has found herself at the center of controversy.
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The race is on for the presidency of South Africa&#39;s ruling African National Congress after a party conference left the door open for incumbent Thabo Mbeki to contest a third five-year term.
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As the ANC gathers to elect its leader, a new round of corruption allegations are leveled against the leading contender, Jacob Zuma
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He was once seen as a leader who brooked no argument but Thabo Mbeki's authority within the ANC is showing clear signs of waning in the twilight of his time as head of South Africa's ruling party.
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VANDERBIJLPARK, South Africa  - South Africa, once  Africa's last bastion of white rule, has something you don't  often see elsewhere on the continent: poor whites.
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Calm and measured, the new deputy president of the African National Congress could find himself at the top of South African politics if corruption charges force his boss to step down.
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Deputy President Jacob Zuma will act as South Africa&#39;s president during the absence of President Thabo Mbeki who will be in Sudan until Saturday, the presidency confirmed on Thursday.
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NOBODY, South Africa, Dec. 19 -- In his rise to the pinnacle of South Africa's ruling party, Jacob Zuma has thrilled and unnerved this diverse nation.
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South Africa's ruling party tries to soothe the tempers of President Thabo Mbeki and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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Canada's opposition Liberals pick a surprise candidate for their new leader - ex-minister Stephane Dion.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress opens a leadership conference on Sunday which could determine who becomes South Africa's next president.
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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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Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe&#39;s opposition and the strongest ever challenger to the 24-year rule of President Robert Mugabe, was found not guilty of treason by the country&#39;s High Court.