Posts Tagged with 'president'

He’s done it, and quite convincingly. In what has been the longest and most expensive US presidential campaign ever, Barack Obama has succeeded in becoming the 44th President of the United States.
Apparently his first decision is what rug to buy for the Oval Office in the White House.

Following the news that Thabo Mbeki was resigning as President of South Africa, 14 other cabinet ministers have followed suit, including the finance minister. Could South Africa be heading for Banana Republic-dom? Who knows, only time will tell, but one thing is for sure, the South Africans are still seeing the funny side of [...]

I don’t believe it. I’ve just read that Thabo Mbeki, South Africa’s president is going to step down after being asked to by the ANC’s National Executive Committee. Apparently this is “an effort to heal and unite the ANC”, the county’s ruling party.
Whilst I agree South Africa hasn’t seen the changes at the [...]

CNN have started selling T-Shirts on which you can have one of their news headlines printed. It’s a pretty cool idea, although shockingly easy to manipulate…

Watchout Bob, as soon as I can get my hands on some Zim dollars, I’ll be over to claim my country.

PW Botha, one of the staunchest apartheid advocates and ex-prime ministers/presidents of South Africa, has popped his clogs at the ripe old age of 90. Not a bad innings.

I don’t remember much about this guy other than he was the head of state in South Africa for the first 10 years of my life, and [...]

Well, this year is certainly the year for setting historical dates. Today sees the inauguration of South Africa’s first female deputy president, and potentially paves the way for South Africa’s first female president. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was announced as the new deputy president yesterday by President Thabo Mbeki following his sacking of Jacob Zuma - Zuma [...]