Mandela saddened by rifts in S.Africa's ANC
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC, torn by the worst rift in its history, on Sunday began a conference expected to put controversial politician Jacob Zuma on track to become the country's next president.
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The average African is worse off now than during the colonial era, says the brother of South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki.
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African leaders were struggling Tuesday to nail down an agreement on a roadmap for a closer union at the end of a summit which exposed deep rifts over how fast they should move towards integration.
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President Thabo Mbeki says the  bitter contest to lead South Africa's ruling African National  Congress (ANC) could destroy the party that helped end  apartheid.
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African leaders were due to declare a joint vision Tuesday on how their continent should be governed at the end of a summit focused on forging a closer union which exposed rifts over the pace of change.
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The charges against the new leader of South Africaâs dominant party could precipitate a political crisis.
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Jacob Zuma, who survived rape and corruption charges to become the president-in-waiting of South Africa, has harsh words for Kenya and Nigeria, where recent elections were marred by alleged fraud, violence and disputed results.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 16 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki's firing of a top health official with strong ties to AIDS activists has undermined a fragile, year-old truce over how to combat the epidemic, an issue crucial to the future of Africa's most prosperous nation.
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The new head of South Africa's ruling  ANC, Jacob Zuma, is expected to call for party unity on  Saturday in his first public address to the African National  Congress on its 96th anniversary.
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The only surviving son of former  South African President Nelson Mandela died on Thursday in  Johannesburg following an undisclosed illness, a hospital  official said.
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Johannesburg - President Thabo Mbeki will hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Seydou Diarra of the Ivory Coast and the head of the rebel forces in Pretoria on Saturday, a presidential spokesperson said.
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President Thabo Mbeki says the bitter contest to lead South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) could destroy the party that helped end apartheid.
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The question of Thabo Mbeki's succession is likely to overshadow South Africa's ruling party gathering.
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South Africa&#39;s ruling party has intervened in the war of words between President Thabo Mbeki and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, trying to calm tempers.
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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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An African summit went on into the night on Tuesday as the leaders struggled to forge a consensus and avoid a public split over moves to unite the continent under one federal government.
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South Africa's former deputy   president Jacob Zuma drew fresh controversy on Wednesday after   he called homosexuality un-African and criticized plans to   legalize same sex marriages.