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Thabo Mbeki called time on his presidency on Saturday, after South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) called on him to resign - opening the way for his rival and successor as party leader, Jacob Zuma, to be voted in as President despite allegations of corruption against him. ANC party leaders argued through Friday night over Mbeki's fate, announcing early on Saturday afternoon their unanimous decision to remove him from office following allegations that he had used the country's law-enforcement system to undermine Zuma's chances of succeeding him. ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said...
...smart, realistic dialogue that does not explain everything for them. Despite the considerable acting range of the movie’s leading Italians, both are wasted among a cast of underdeveloped and stale characters: the angry retiring cop, the angry retiring cop’s partner, two hotheaded rival cops, and the police chief who tries to keep a lid on things. All suspense and mystery in the thriller builds up but quickly deflates as the plot retraces past events without illuminating important details. “Righteous Kill” seems to slow down just so it can speed...
...sometimes as recently as that afternoon. As I turned page after page, I found that the telegraphic sentences I remembered as terse and barren were immensely satisfying to read. They were exciting. They lent his writing a sense of immediacy and importance that is hard to rival. They flashed by and I realized that, despite myself, I was enjoying it. I was party to Jake Barnes’ trip out to Pamplona. I sat there and drank wine with them and the peasants with their leather wine skins. I got embroiled in the drama of the unfulfilled desires shared...
...shotgun marriage between Zimbabwe's government and opposition was never going to be easy, but it could falter at the first hurdle. Despite signing a power-sharing agreement on Monday, President Robert Mugabe and his arch-rival and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to agree on who will control which portfolios in a new cabinet. A meeting between the two men on Thursday aimed at resolving the issue broke up without agreement, as reports began to trickle in of violence breaking out in different parts of the country between supporters of Mugabe's Zanu-PF and the opposition...
...1980s, Mugabe successfully neutered the challenge of his liberation-era rival Joshua Nkomo, by bludgeoning his supporters in a sustained campaign of violence and then drawing a cowed Nkomo into a subservient role in government. This time, however, Mugabe's end-game may be about securing a safe exit for himself. A top government intelligence officer told TIME that Mugabe, despite his angry rhetoric, may in fact be preparing to step down. "One thing for sure is that Mugabe is now on the prowl, especially in his own party," the intelligence officer said. "He wants to deal with those...