Mbeki grip on ANC weakens as clock ticks on leadership
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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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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The unity and discipline that bound South Africa's ruling ANC through decades of struggle against apartheid has crumbled in a grassroots revolution that swept Jacob Zuma to top of the party.
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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 Union chairman headed to Kenya on Tuesday to help end turmoil that has killed almost 500 people, but hopes of a swift breakthrough seemed to falter.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - Left-wing populist Jacob Zuma has won the leadership of South Africa's ruling ANC, lining him up for the presidency of the country but creating deep uncertainty about his policies.
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The African Union chairman headed to  Kenya on Tuesday to help end turmoil that has killed almost 500  people, but hopes of a swift breakthrough seemed to falter.
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South Africa's ruling ANC party said on Tuesday that newly elected leader Jacob Zuma would remain its candidate for state president in 2009 and expressed "grave misgivings" about corruption charges against him.
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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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JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 21 -- President Thabo Mbeki told the nation Friday that he has no plans to step down or implement any new policies following his ruling party's decision at a rowdy conference to replace him as leader with his populist rival, Jacob Zuma.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - 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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African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma will be the governing party's candidate for national elections despite his pending trial on corruption charges
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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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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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Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabweâs main opposition party, beseeched South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop his âquiet support for the dictatorshipâ of President Robert Mugabe.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling African National Congress party opened a leadership conference on Sunday which could determine who becomes the country's next president.
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South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is under pressure over crime but his annual speech is expected to highlight poverty.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday will hold a leadership vote that could end President Thabo Mbeki's control over South Africa's ruling party and tilt the government to the left.