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On 12 January 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned judge Nicholson's judgement but the resignation stood.ĭuring his tenure in office, the South African economy grew at an average rate of 4.5% per year, creating employment in the middle sectors of the economy.
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On 20 September 2008, with about nine months left in his second term, Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the National Executive Committee of the ANC, following a conclusion by judge C. R. Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption. Much that was repetitive, which took away from the points being made.Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki ( Xhosa pronunciation: born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the second president of South Africa from 16 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. The book could have done with better editing. Fascinating - but this means that I will have to wait for another book. In the case of Mbeki we will have to wait until intelligence records are declassified by the various countries which were involved in the matter'). Declassified foreign intelligence reports that some powers welcomed his removal, considering that their programs and strategies had succeeded. But who was ultimately responsible? The book hints that foreign powers may have been involved - analogies are drawn with the Nkrumah case. Some good points - the ex-post revisionism that downplayed all of the economic achievements of the Mbeki years (as if to suggest that there was nothing apart from mass discontent), as well as the questionable constitutionality of the recall itself. I found this book somewhat disappointing - not least because it didn't really tell me what I wanted to know about the 'recall' of Thabo Mbeki. While not asking to point fingers I would have appreciated a much more in-depth analysis and thoughts about the factions within the ANC/ tri-partite alliance: how they arose, how they operate and how they affect the whole running of the party and ultimately the direction of South Africa. But the discreteness about the factions behind the removal of Mbeki (state secrecy and litigation aside) made this a disappointing read. The space saved could have used to give more context for the foreign, non-South Africa reader. However I have two complaints: firstly I felt that it could have benefited from a tighter edit - there was so much repetition and the structure gave the impression of being written in bits for various publications or uses. It was a lovely eulogy to the presidency of Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki's removal than I was aware of - which was good and also re-iterated the importance of separation of party and state. Not what I expected: more information on the constitutional issues around Pres. Thabo Mbeki's story has not been fully told, notwithstanding Chikane's gutsy attempt with this one book so far. It is a good read but one that certainly requires a follow-up and which Chikane has promised. Yet, the story is told in such detail as to continue to evoke emotions - from the Preface to the last Chapter - leaving an involved and affected South African reader wondering about what might have really been the issue that led to the ANC - a widely trusted, supported liberation political organisation - to go the length that it did to remove Mbeki even as his government performance remained without fault up to that point in delivering on ANC policy as decided at various stages.
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Naturally, the author carefully relates the story of the 'recall' of Mbeki without so much as giving more than he can legally reveal as most information is still classified and he is also legally obliged not to share more. In many respects, South Africans in general needed an insider's perspective of what happened on that fateful and frightful week when the ruling party eventually and angrily turned on one of its own - a long serving member and dedicated cadre who previously served as deputy president to Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999, only to succeed him in the next two general elections and during which he enjoyed an increased voter majority in the South Africa parliament (07). Frank Chikane has taken a brave and commendable step in documenting the events of the week leading up to, as well as the immediate aftermath of the removal of Thabo Mbeki as South Africa's state President.