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...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...
Jacob Zuma was supposed to be the nice guy of South African politics. While President Thabo Mbeki often comes across as aloof and technocratic, his former deputy and erstwhile heir apparent seems warm and approachable, reveling in his image as a man of the people. Opposition leader Tony Leon, often scathing in his criticism of Mbeki, recently called Zuma a "decent human being who radiates a sense of civility and humanity...
...victory for the 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...
...APPOINTED. PHUMZILE MLAMBO-NGCUKA, 49, Deputy President of South Africa; by President Thabo Mbeki; in Johannesburg. The former Minerals and Energy Minister, Mlambo-Ngcuka succeeds Jacob Zuma, who was dismissed earlier this month amid a corruption scandal involving his financial advisor. As a top government official, Mlambo-Ngcuka, an anti-apartheid activist, promoted black ownership in the white-dominated mining industry. She now assumes the highest political office ever held by a woman in South Africa...
Although South African President Thabo Mbeki has another four years left in office, the issue of who should succeed him flared up last week. The chatter came after the Durban High Court convicted Schabir Shaik, a friend and financial adviser to Deputy President Jacob Zuma, on fraud and corruption charges. After a riveting eight-month trial and a three-day verdict broadcast live on television and radio, Judge Hillary Squires found Shaik guilty on all three charges against him. Squires announced Shaik had paid some $180,000 to Zuma in bribes between 1995 and 2001 in order to keep...