President Thabo Mbeki

guest column Since the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet in May 2009, have there been discernible changes in South Africa's foreign policy? President Thabo Mbeki loomed large on the int...  

');" > PRETORIA — Former president Thabo Mbeki yesterday defended his good fr iend, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, via his spokesperson and denied that thousands of South Africans died because of th...  

Former president Thabo Mbeki has defended his good friend, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, and denied that thousands of South Africans died due to the previous government's Aids policy.  

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said Monday "it is possible and necessary" to conclude a peace agreement on Darfur before Sudan holds general elections in April.  

JOHANNESBURG – President Jacob Zuma’s recent appointment of a team of envoys to monitor the unity government in neighboring Zimbabwe could mark a departure from the quiet diplomacy employed by South Africa under former President Thabo Mbeki. Zuma ...  

Young Communist League National Secretary Buti Manamela said former president Thabo Mbeki together with his controversial health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang must be charged with genocide for denying hundreds of HIV-positive people access to antiretroviral drugs when they were in government.  

ANC Youth League President Julius Malema has defended former President Thabo Mbeki’s handling of the HIV/Aids pandemic. This comes after Young Communist League National Secretary, Buti Manamela, called for Mbeki to be charged with genocide for all the HIV/Aids deaths that occurred while he was in office. > Malema defends Mbeki  

CHALK this one down in the “unexpected” column: ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema has come out fighting for former President Thabo Mbeki, saying he should not be prosecuted for his role in Aids deaths. Perhaps he and Mbeki’s successor, Jacob Zuma, are all too aware of the precedent that would set: Government would be liable [...] Related posts:Does the ANC support Mbeki or organised crime?Mbeki more popular than Zuma, Malema – Markinor...  

My regulars know that I’m a fan of former president Thabo Mbeki and as such I thought it best that I give the rest of you the heads-up before starting this discussion. Of course that does not mean I am unaware of his faults, the worst of which was his administration’s approach to the question [...]  

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has told Parliament that South Africa’s death rate more than doubled from 1997 to 2008. He acknowledged not only that AIDS is driving this escalation, but also that HIV denialism under former president Thabo Mbeki fuelled this trajectory. “Our attitude toward HIV/Aids put us here where we are,” Motsoaledi said. The total [...] Related posts:Thank you, Dr Motsoaledi South Africa’s Health Minister Dr Aaron...  

THE Young Communist League (YCL) yesterday repeated its call that former president Thabo Mbeki be prosecuted for AIDS-related deaths, saying it sided with victims rather than critics of the proposed court action, including the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League.  

CBC.caThabo Mbeki stands accused for South African health disasterAfrik.comA small but vocal political party in South Africa has joined calls for former president Thabo Mbeki to be held accountable for his role in the HIV/Aids ...Residents fight AIDS with education, counselingThe Union of Grass ValleyUS and WHO guidelines call for earlier HIV treatmentBay Area ReporterHIV/AIDS: Is Obama Scaling Back Bush's Health Push?TIMEAllAfrica.com -Xtra...  

THABO MBEKIAS SEEN IN:"Endgame"AS PLAYED BY:Chiwetel EjioforThe child of teachers-activists, Thabo Mbeki has said he was "born into the struggle," and got involved in political activism at a young age. Mbeki left the country in 1962 under orders from the ANC. The exiled expatriate took the over its department of information and publicity in the 1980s as right-hand man to ANC president Oliver Tambo.Later that decade, as director of...  

Johannesburg — THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) wants former president Thabo Mbeki to apologise for his part in the country's HIV/AIDS crisis. Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini ...  

Reuters South AfricaEXCLUSIVE: AU Mbeki panel makes implicit endorsement of ICC prosecutions in DarfurSudan TribuneThe eight member panel headed by the former South African president Thabo Mbeki completed their recommendations and submitted it earlier this month but its ...Nigerian Rights Groups Protest Sudanese President's VisitVoice of AmericaAmnesty International urges Yar'Adua to arrest al-BashirNEXTAU invites al-Beshir for Darfur talks in...