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Study cites toll of AIDS policy in South Africa

A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 people earlier this decade if it had provided antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients and widely administered drugs to help prevent pregnant women from infecting their babies.The Harvard study concluded that the policies grew out of President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the well-established scientific consensus about the viral cause of AIDS and the essential role of...

Mbeki raps Tsvangirai over knuckles in scathing letter

FORMER President Thabo Mbeki has accused Zimbabwes opposition of stonewalling power- sharing talks in a scathing letter published yesterday. The 4000-word letter, printed in The Star newspaper, was written before the latest round of talks on a unity accord fell apart this week, with Tsvangirai demanding that Mbeki step down as the mediator in Zimbabwes political crisis. Mbeki slammed Tsvangirais refusal to accept recommendations of regional leaders on forming a unity government with President...

Aids activist calls for Mbeki-Manto ‘trial’

FORMER President Thabo Mbeki has been accused of having blood on his hands following a study that claimed 365000 people had died as a result of misguided government policies. Zachie Achmat, South Africas leading Aids activist, called for Mbeki and former health minister, Dr Manto Tshabalala- Msimang, to answer to a special commission of inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people denied access to anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). The government which has altered its position on...

In Brief

Lekota has seven days to motivate need for guards FORMER defence minister Terror Lekota will get State bodyguards until next Wednesday, after which he must motivate why he needs them for longer, the Department of Safety and Security said yesterday. Lekota was among a number of Cabinet ministers who resigned when former President Thabo Mbeki resigned in September, He was entitled to a month of protection after that, but believes his life is in danger because of threats he has received as a...

South African President Thabo Mbeki agrees to resign

South African President Thabo Mbeki has agreed to a call from the ruling African National Congress to resign. The ANC anounced earlier today that it wanted Mbeki, 66, to resign after two days of talks. He was just months from completing his full term of office, but is caught up in allegations that he influenced a corruption case being brought against rival and ANC leader Jaco Zuma. Zuma was cleared of all charges on September 12, with the court ruling that Mbeki's regime had interfered. Mbeki...

ZIMBABWE: What now from SADC?

South African President Thabo Mbeki has been lampooned and condemned across the world for saying there is "no crisis" in Zimbabwe on his brief stopover in the capital, Harare, on the way to an emergency summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Zambia to discuss Zimbabwe’s disputed 29 March elections. Now there is also a growing chorus from within the African National Congress (ANC), Mbeki's own party, in South Africa, the continent and the world for Mbeki to discard his...

Who is Thabo Mbeki?

South African President Thabo Mbeki was picked by Nelson Mandela as his successor, reward for his committment to the ANC and the fight against apartheid. Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's second president of the post-Apartheid era, appeared destined for politics from birth. Born in Idutywa in the Transkei on the 18th of June 1942, Thabo Mbeki was the son of leading apartheid activist Govan Mbeki. Govan was a rare breed in those days, a South African born black man who had prevailed against the...