Thabo Mbeki

Expelled South African ruling party youth leader, Julius Malema, is to be arrested, according to a news report: For more than a week, expelled South African ruling party youth leader, Julius Malema, has been predicting his own arrest, claiming South...

Sudan and South Sudan sign a deal to resume oil exports: Oil exports are set to resume from Sudan and South Sudan after their leaders signed trade and security agreements....

Sudan and South Sudan reach oil deal: Uneasy neighbors, Sudan and South Sudan reached a deal on oil transit fees, Friday, a day after the expiry of a UN Security Council deadline for them to reach a deal or face sanctions, it was announced Saturday....

African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki flew to Khartoum on Thursday after Sudan and South Sudan missed a U.N. Security Council deadline to resume peace talks....

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Defending his government’s record and calling for an end to corruption, South African President Jacob Zuma addressed the opening session of the ruling African National Congress’ national conference, at...

-------------------- After Mandela The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa Douglas Foster Liveright: 608 pp., $35 -------------------- What a pleasant surprise to encounter a book that actually looks beyond the surface of South...

South Africa and I have a history, one that goes beyond the headlines. I arrived here as The Times' bureau chief in 1988, when college campuses back home were pulsing with anti-apartheid protests, to cover what would turn out to be the last years of...