appeared to be on the cards.

I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the civil rights movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.

Mbeki says what he and the others are looking for from the G8 now are concrete projects that will help Africa out of poverty -- clean water, better health delivery, improving agriculture and education and structures for peace and security and good governance,

If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.

a major victory for the South African government -- and the rest of the continent -- over the drugs companies.

This is indeed a stiff wake up call to the ruling party and the president, ... This vote ... is telling the president and the ruling party that people want change.