Mbeki asked to step down

placebo said:
I would not have a problem with Zuma being President as Zuma is not a total fool and would surround himself with the finest advisers.My problem is with Malema who due to his total support for Zuma being able to influence Zuma to a great degree.
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Like his previous financial adviser who is currently serving a jail sentence for fraud:rolleyes:
 
Rendier said:
The really funny part is that this story didn't make the Front page on any of the BIG news corps such as CNN BBC etc...
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It did.
1 Frontpage on CNN,Washington post and New York Times
2 Breaking News on CNN,SKY,BBC
3 Doccies about Thabo on CNN,BBC
...that's the ones i know about


Rendier said:
Barack Obama almost lost the nominational vote from the Democrats because he admitted to smoking weed and trying out drugs.
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Pants-on-fire on the truth-o-meter

This was in the beginning in the race with lots of other candidate still in the race.How you came to that little political analysis is astonishing.
 
JustAsk said:
It did.
1 Frontpage on CNN,Washington post and New York Times
2 Breaking News on CNN,SKY,BBC
3 Doccies about Thabo on CNN,BBC
...that's the ones i know about



Pants-on-fire on the truth-o-meter

This was in the beginning in the race with lots of other candidate still in the race.How you came to that little political analysis is astonishing.
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Then it prob came up after I looked.

And what you mean your astonished? You honestly want to tell me you can't see it?

Pants on fire? You 4 years old? So what if there were various other candidates still in the race? He did almost lose it, same with Zuma when Sexwhale and them where there. I don't get what your point is. You telling me that what he did is fine?
 
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CTSA said:
As a white South African, I don't want to leave my country, and in any case Africa. So if things really get tough and circumstances push us to start looking outside our borders, the first country in my mind is Zimbabwe. Yes the country is troubled by ill politics and a failing economy, but if the MDC manages to get out of the cabinet deadlock, I believe Zimbabwe has great potential. It's a beautiful country, plenty of resources, educated masses, and friendly people. It could become the next dominant power in Southern Africa if South Africa fails to hold on.
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some humour to brighten my day.
 
Eh! said:
I work for one of the top 4 firms in SA and we have alot of JZ supporters. I chat up a lot of these guys, small talks ect and then I drop the bomb and ask why they supported Zuma just to see things from their perspective. Their responses are usually the same i.e. he's charmatic (yeah right, so are alot of mass murderers), he refreshing and new (yeah, that's a feat to consider for leadership). Keep in mind that these black South Africans I work with are probable the smartest in SA.
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brainwashed perhaps. then theres denial too.???!?!
 
I'm watch channel 403 e-news on dstv, at 7:30pm he'll have his speach.
 
Truly shocking speech so far. I really feel for this man and I think Zuma and his cronies have won the battle. They have destroyed the office of the president. Really sad day.
 
Zuma is now free, IMO. The time to leave this country has come as it is clear that the idiots who run this country believe that corruption and crime is the right of the ruling party
 
Quite a good speach from Mbeki.
He isnt a bad man, maybe not a great president but not a bad man. I cant say the same for zuma though... Anyone read the article about mbeki in the sunday times on page 3 today? Its quite interesting and well written
I reckon by thursday we will have a new president.
 
Shame I felt sorry for him. Still carrying on about a better life for all, and all that stuff. While the daggers are stuck in his back, and he is slowly bleeding to death.. Et tu??
 
EU praises Mbeki as "outstanding statesman"

After South African President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday agreed to step down, the European Union praised the leader as "an outstanding statesman."
EU chief diplomat Javier Solana in a statement noted Mbeki's work with other African nations, including Congo, Burundi and Zimbabwe, where he brokered a power-sharing deal just days ago.
"Once again South Africa's democracy has proved its high degree of maturity," Solana said.
South Africa was thrown into turmoil Saturday after Mbeki caved into pressure from the governing African National Congress (ANC) to resign his office.
The ANC had said earlier it was recalling Mbeki as president in a bid to heal divisions in the party following a court finding of political interference in the corruption case of Mbeki's rival, ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=251320
 
Just goes to show you, politics is a dirty game. In all his problems I would say this is quite sad, as with Mbeki gone so is the previous generation of the ANC
 
haha poor Thabo. Nobody liked him but now we already miss him. Guess SA will be remembered as pre-Zuma SA and post-Zuma SA.
 
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