Thabo Mbeki out!

South Africa’s president, Thabo Mbeki, was toppled from power yesterday by the ruling African National Congress (ANC), when its national executive committee took the decision to sack him.

Gwede Mantashe, the ANC’s secretary-general, announced that the executive had “decided to recall the president of the republic before his term of office expires”.

Mbeki, 66, instructed his office to issue a statement saying: “The president has obliged and will step down after all constitutional requirements have been met.”

South Africa ‘s Deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has already said that if Mbeki is asked to resign, she will resign in solidarity.

Posted by Gerald Harper on September 21, 2008. Filed under Local News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.