Syndicate content
ANC
SOUTH AFRICA
All eyes on finance pick as Zuma names new cabinet
As South African President Jacob Zuma prepares to name his new cabinet Sunday, the international community - as well as the business community - will be closely watching his pick for the critical post of finance minister.
SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma sworn in as fourth president since apartheid
ANC leader Jacob Zuma has been sworn in as South Africa's fourth president since the end of the apartheid era. In his inaugural speech, he vowed to follow Nelson Mandela's legacy of reconciliation.
ANC - apartheid - Burundi - child soldiers - Jacob Zuma - Kenya - opera - South Africa
South Africa's numerous challenges
In this edition: as South Africa elects a new president, the gap between rich and poor continues to grow in Johannesburg; the difficult reintegration of child soldiers in Burundi; and a mobile clinic in the Kenyan bush funded by opera.
SOUTH AFRICA
Zuma's ANC wins absolute majority
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) party led by Jacob Zuma has won an absolute majority in South Africa's general election, according to the election commission. The victory clears the way for Zuma to become president.
SOUTH AFRICA
ANC celebrates 66% poll lead
South Africa's ruling ANC party celebrated a dominating lead in an election that will see Jacob Zuma installed as president. With 90% of the vote counted, the ANC is just short of the two-thirds majority it needs to change the constitution.
SOUTH AFRICA
ANC supporters exult but asked 'not to celebrate victory yet'
With close to two-thirds of the ballots counted, South Africa's ruling African National Congress celebrates its nearly-unassailable lead in the country's general election but is not “not yet celebrating victory”, says leader Jacob Zuma.
ANC - corruption - DR Congo - Jacob Zuma - Madagascar - South African elections
DR Congo: free but corrupt elections?
In this edition: South Africans go to the polls to choose their next president; a political crisis comes to an end in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid accusations of corruption, and the survival story of a group of Madagascan slaves.
SOUTH AFRICA
ANC's Zuma, supporters smell victory
With half the ballots counted, South Africa's ruling African National Congress is celebrating its nearly unassailable two thirds lead in the country's general election. Party leader Jacob Zuma said at a rally that he could "smell a 70% majority".
ANC - Jacob Zuma - South Africa - South African elections - Thabo Mbeki
South Africa: broken dreams?
Jacob Zuma led his African National Congress to sweep two-thirds of the vote, in which more South Africans cast ballots in absolute terms than in any election since the first all-race contest in 1994.
ANC - Jacob Zuma - South Africa - South African elections - Thabo Mbeki
South Africa: broken dreams? (Part 2)
Jacob Zuma led his African National Congress to sweep two-thirds of the vote, in which more South Africans cast ballots in absolute terms than in any election since the first all-race contest in 1994.
Close