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Mbeki's pension 100% of salary
26/09/2008 14:01
Former president Thabo Mbeki will continue to have all the payments, salaries and other packages that he was receiving when he left office, for the rest of his life.

  • Mbeki's farewell letter to Cabinet
  • President gets pay hike
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  • South Africa's new cabinet
  • Who is Baleka Mbete?
  • SPEECH: Motlanthe sworn in
  • SLIDESHOW: The End of Mbeki
  • GALLERY: Shock resignations
  • Who is Kgalema Motlanthe?
  • Mbeki: What the world thinks
  • What will Mbeki do next?
  • Mbeki's address: Full text
  • ANC NEC statement

  • South Africa
    'Motlanthe restores order'
    26/09/2008 11:20
    South Africa's new President Kgalema Motlanthe has won praise for quickly forming a government after a week of political turbulence.
  • 'Mothlanthe will be excellent'
  • Health surprise in new Cabinet
  • Big changes in vital departments
  • WOMAN POWER: ANC chief whip Nathi Mthethwa kisses the newly appointed deputy president Baleke Mbete at Parliament in Cape Town. (Nic Bothma, Pool, AP)

    South Africa
    Zille challenges Motlanthe
    26/09/2008 11:17
    The DA wants Kgalema Motlanthe to establish a judicial inquiry into the arms deal, and promise there won't be a "political solution" to Jacob Zuma's legal problems.
  • New pres sticks to 2014 goals
  • Prosecute Zuma privately - Zille
  • Speaker 'honoured' by new role
    26/09/2008 09:34
    Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde has been elected as the new Speaker of Parliament, with former deputy minister of health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge appointed as her deputy.
  • Meet the new ministers


  • Meet the new ministers
    26/09/2008 09:10
    President Kgalema Montlanthe has made nine new appointments in his Cabinet. Read more about them.

    Zuma to oppose Mbeki application
    25/09/2008 21:22
    ANC president Jacob Zuma will oppose Thabo Mbeki's Constitutional Court application against Judge Chris Nicholson's ruling suggesting that Mbeki was part of a political conspiracy.
  • Zuma meets ANC MPs
  • Mbeki move 'dangerous mistake'
  • Mbeki case 'unprecedented'


  • Analysts: This is not a crisis
    25/09/2008 18:26
    Political events over the last few days have tested the country's democratic processes but it is not a crisis, political analysts say.
  • Motlanthe the healer?
  • Zuma meets ANC MPs
  • 'No one can tell us what to do'


  • Motlanthe names Cabinet
    25/09/2008 17:37
    President Kgalema Motlanthe has announced his Cabinet, retaining Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and replacing the health minister.
  • Mbete the new deputy president
  • New pres sticking to policies
  • Motlanthe sworn in


  • Who is Baleka Mbete?
    25/09/2008 17:26
    This week Baleka Mbete's celebrates her 59th birthday. A call from the ruling party to become the Deputy President of the country is a fine way to wish her many happy returns.

    Mbete the new deputy president
    25/09/2008 17:22
    President Kgalema Motlanthe has named Baleka Mbete as his deputy president.
  • Who is Baleka Mbete?
  • New pres sticking to policies


  • Motlanthe: Policies unchanged
    25/09/2008 17:18
    Government will remain true to the policies that have kept the country steady and ensured sustained growth, says the newly elected President Kgalema Motlanthe.
  • President Motlanthe's speech
  • Motlanthe sworn in
  • President humbled and honoured


  • President Motlanthe's speech
    25/09/2008 16:53
    Read President Kgalema Motlanthe' acceptance speech following his election by the National Assembly.
  • Motlanthe sworn in
  • Opposition lauds Motlanthe
  • President humbled and honoured


  • Motlanthe the healer?
    25/09/2008 16:09
    As President Kgalema Motlanthe steers South Africa towards next year's elections, he must also try to heal seismic splits within the ruling ANC.
  • President humbled and honoured
  • Little known about new president
  • Motlanthe is SA's new president


  • Little known about new president
    25/09/2008 15:02
    South Africa's new President Kgalema Motlanthe has impeccable struggle credentials but otherwise little is known about him.
  • Motlanthe is SA's new president
  • Who is Kgalema Motlanthe?
  • Tutu: I am deeply disturbed


  • Cabinet: Didiza not available
    25/09/2008 15:00
    Public Works Minister Thoko Didiza has resigned as a member of parliament which means she is not available to serve in the new cabinet, her spokesperson says.
  • Fraser-Moleketi resigns
  • ANC: Manuel, others to stay on


  • Fraser-Moleketi resigns
    25/09/2008 14:46
    Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi has resigned, saying she had never made herself available to serve in the new Cabinet.
  • Cabinet: Didiza not available
  • ANC: Manuel, others to stay on


  • Motlanthe is SA's new president
    25/09/2008 14:09
    ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has been elected as South Africa's next president to replace Thabo Mbeki.
  • No more resignations confirmed
  • 2 nominations for president
  • Who will Motlanthe appoint?


  • No more resignations confirmed
    25/09/2008 12:46
    The office of the president is unable to confirm media reports of more Cabinet ministers resigning, but says the new president will announce his Cabinet after his inauguration.
  • Zuma meets ANC MPs
  • Who will Motlanthe appoint?


  • 2 nominations for president
    25/09/2008 11:22
    MPs are voting by secret ballot, after ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe and DA chairperson Joe Seremane were nominated for election as president.
  • Zuma meets ANC MPs
  • New president to be sworn in
  • Who will Motlanthe appoint?


  • Zuma meets ANC MPs
    25/09/2008 10:15
    ANC leader Jacob Zuma is meeting with his party's parliamentarians ahead of a presidential vote in Parliament.
  • New president to be sworn in
  • Who will Motlanthe appoint?
  • Zuma mum on new cabinet


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