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...against him stemming from an arms deal in the 1990s; in Pietermaritzburg. The dismissal clears the way for Zuma, who earlier this year was acquitted of rape after a trial in which he admitted having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman, to run for the presidency when Thabo Mbeki steps down...
...willingness of people to learn and to engage,” he said. “To engage and to show solidarity is a very important thing.” Achmat also shared his views on the history of HIV in South Africa. He attributed the Mbeki government’s failure to manage the AIDS crisis to its “denialist” attitude and to “the enormous power of drug companies” over public policy. Achmat said that in coming to Harvard, he was fulfilling a promise he had made which a heart...
SOUTH AFRICA Of course he wore it in the rainbow nation! It may be summer there, but the sweater for all seasons reappeared on Jan. 11 for a visit with President Thabo Mbeki in Pretoria...
...know something I found out?" he said of his self-immolation. "When you're on fire and running down the street, people get out of your way." CHARGED. JACOB ZUMA, 63, former Deputy President of South Africa; with rape; in Johannesburg. A one-time heir apparent to President Thabo Mbeki, Zuma was dismissed earlier this year after his financial adviser was found guilty of fraud and corruption; Zuma himself was charged with corruption soon after. The charismatic politician denies any wrongdoing and says he will fight the rape charges, brought by a 31-year-old aids activist. DIED. EDWARD MASRY...
...more centrist leadership of the ANC. A savage debate over the decision to back Zuma is already roiling South Africa's union movement and Communist Party. "They are in internal turmoil because they backed the wrong person," says William Gumede, author of the best selling book Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC. "And now they're out of the succession loop and out of the policy loop." With Zuma gone and the left in disarray, President Mbeki will find it easier to push through reforms aimed at nudging economic growth above 6%-in particular...