News on Thabo Mbeki

After S.Africa protests, Zuma clamps down on lax officials

2010-02-23T07:57:19Z

<div><p>Weeks after President Jacob Zuma took office, violent protests rocked some of South Africa's poorest neighbourhoods to demand basic services like running water and electricity.</p><p>After dousing the flames of torched buildings, the ruling African N...

Former S.African health minister, AIDS denier dies

2010-02-23T15:09:36Z

<div><p>Former South African health minister Mantombazane Tshabalala-Msimang, whose AIDS policies drew international condemnation, died Wednesday after a long battle with liver disease.</p><p>Doctors said the 69-year-old had died at Wits University medical centre in Johanne...

Former S.African health minister and AIDS denier dies

2010-02-23T15:17:57Z

<div><p>Former South African health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, whose AIDS policies drew international opprobrium, died Wednesday after battling liver disease, SAPA news agency reported.</p><p>Her doctor, Jeff Wing, said the 69-year-old former ministe...

SAfrica ex-health boss dies; touted garlic for HIV

2010-02-23T15:17:14Z

<div id="subtitle">South Africa's former health minister who promoted garlic, lemons as AIDS remedy dies at 69</div><div><p>South Africa's former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. She was 69.&l...

South Africa to expand AIDS treatment: Zuma

2010-02-23T22:37:24Z

<div><p>PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV caseload, will roll out life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs to significantly more people infected with the virus from next year, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. Zuma...

SAfrica's Zuma appoints new Zimbabwe team

2010-02-24T00:35:28Z

<div><p>South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his office said.</p><p>"As part of the evaluat...

AIDS blamed for hike in S.Africa death rate

2010-02-24T07:22:10Z

<div><p>South Africa's death rate doubled over the last decade due to the spread of AIDS, the health minister said on Tuesday, blaming the crisis on government policies under former president Thabo Mbeki.</p><p>"In 11 years -- from 1997 to 2008 -- the rate of death has doubled in South Africa. That is obviously something that cannot...

S.Africa's death rate doubled in a decade: minister

2010-02-24T07:24:23Z

AU peace council adopts proposals to end Darfur crisis

2010-02-24T12:31:02Z

<div><p>African leaders on Thursday adopted proposals on how to resolve a six-year conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, which include the creation of a hybrid court to try perpetrators of atrocities in the province.</p><p>The conflict has claimed up to 300,000 lives and displaced millions.</p><p>Heads of states who sit on the

Judges withhold African leadership prize

2010-02-24T17:05:37Z

<div><p>Judges for a five-million dollar prize honouring good governance in Africa said Monday they had decided not to give the award this year, highlighting progress but also "setbacks" in the continent.</p><p>South Africa's Thabo Mbeki and Nigeri...

S.Africa gripped by revelations in top cop's trial

2010-02-24T19:57:26Z

<div><p>Explosive revelations about murder, bribery and betrayal at the top levels of government are gripping South Africa, in the landmark trial of the nation's former police chief.</p><p>Jackie Selebi, a 59-year-old former anti-apartheid activist who became police chief and the president of South Africa, in the landmark trial of the nation's former police chief.</p><p>Jackie Selebi, a 59-year-old former anti-apartheid activist who became police chief and the president of South Africa, in the landmark trial of the nation's former police chief.</p><p>Jackie Selebi, a 59-year-old former anti-apartheid activist who became police chief and the president of Darfur conflict can only be resolved by the Sudanese, former South African president Thabo Mbeki and the head of an African Union panel on the unrest said Thursday.</p><p>"The re...

US sounds out new S.African leader

2010-02-25T22:52:15Z

<div><p>US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was looking Saturday to solidify ties with South Africa in a meeting with new President Jacob Zuma, seen as a US ally on Zimbabwe and fighting AIDS.</p><p>The two leaders met in th...

US and SAfrica pledge work for 'free' Zimbabwe

2010-02-25T22:59:54Z

<div><p>The United States and South Africa pledged joint action Friday to induce reforms in Zimbabwe as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed a new spirit of cooperation between the two democracies.</p><p>Clinton, vi...

AU backs deferral of Beshir Darfur indictment: Mbeki

2010-02-26T10:57:27Z

<div><p>An AU panel probing alleged war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region backs calls to defer an indictment of its President Omar el-Beshir, South Africa's former leader Thabo Mbeki said Friday.</p><p...

SAfrica's Mbeki says Arabs must have stake in Darfur peace

2010-02-26T16:42:23Z

<div><p>Former South African president Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday that no lasting peace could be secured in Darfur without the involvement of the Arab tribes that have been the mainstay of the region's feared pro-Khartoum militias.</p><p>"T...

Army to help crime-weary SAfrica: govt

2010-02-27T01:42:06Z

<div><p>South Africa is training nearly 13,000 new detectives, and planning to bring in the army and unemployed youths to combat one of the highest crime rates in the world, the police minister said Thursday.</p><p>Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa told parliament that he would uphold PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma's cabinet was sworn in on Monday after he had promised to help millions of poor people and comfort foreign investors who want him to keep market-friendly policies in place.</p><p>Zuma's ruling