InfoAnda - Analysis: South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote |

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

China solar groups reject illegal subsidy complaint | | 26 September 2012
Parents of China milk scandal victims detained | International | | 2 January 2009
Golden Globes party circuit requires some planning | | 23 December 2009

Russian liberals launch pro-Kremlin party | International | | 16 November 2008

Forum Views () Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : Analysis: South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote |

Edition: U.S. Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom Home Business Business Home Economy Technology Media Small Business Legal Deals Earnings Social Pulse Business Video The Freeland File Aerospace & Defense Markets Markets Home U.S. Markets European Markets Asian Markets Global Market Data Indices M&A Stocks Bonds Currencies Commodities Futures Funds peHUB World World Home U.S. Brazil China Euro Zone Japan Mexico Russia India Insight World Video Reuters Investigates Decoder Politics Politics Home Election 2012 Campaign Polling Political Punchlines Supreme Court Politics Video Tech Technology Home MediaFile Science Tech Video Tech Tonic Social Pulse Opinion Breakingviews Money Money Home Tax Break Lipper Awards 2012 Global Investing MuniLand Unstructured Finance Linda Stern Mark Miller John Wasik James Saft Analyst Research Alerts Watchlist Portfolio Stock Screener Fund Screener Personal Finance Video Money Clip Investing 201 Life Health Sports Arts Faithworld Business Traveler Entertainment Oddly Enough Lifestyle Video Pictures Pictures Home Reuters Photographers Video Reuters TV Reuters News Article Comments (0) Pictures Photos of the week Our top photos from the past week. Slideshow Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Analysis: How Apple overwhelmed Samsung's patent case tactics 12:45am EDT Argentine leader's image falls as inflation soars 26 Aug 2012 UPDATE 2-Major quake hits off El Salvador, no damage reported 3:52am EDT Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast: USGS 1:23am EDT Storm Isaac heads for U.S. Gulf Coast, hurricane warning issued | 2:24am EDT Discussed 138 Obama’s lead over Romney grows despite voters’ pessimism 122 Romney to announce vice presidential choice Saturday 94 Analysis: Are Israelis tough enough for a long war with Iran? Sponsored Links Analysis: South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote Tweet Share this Email Print Related News South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage Thu, Aug 23 2012 Unrest spreads in violence-hit South Africa mining belt Wed, Aug 22 2012 UPDATE 3-Unrest spreads in violence-hit S.Africa mining belt Wed, Aug 22 2012 Lonmin fears sackings could re-ignite South Africa violence Tue, Aug 21 2012 UPDATE 2-Lonmin fears sackings could re-ignite S. Africa violence Tue, Aug 21 2012 Analysis & Opinion The U.S. needs to walk the walk on African security South African equities hit record highs, doomsayers left waiting Related Topics World » South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (L) addresses striking miners outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg August 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Stringer By Peroshni Govender MARIKANA, South Africa | Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:58am EDT MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African's President Jacob Zuma rose to power as a man of the people but seemed a world away from the masses when he stood in a suit under a parasol to speak to destitute miners about the deadliest police killing since apartheid ended. The deaths of 44 in a labor dispute this month at Lonmin's Marikana mine, including 34 armed miners shot by police, could undermine Zuma's populist appeal and threaten his chances in a December vote where he seeks re-election as the leader of the party that dominates politics. Zuma's critics say the day last week he spoke to miners for a few minutes under the blazing sun showed him more beholden to special interest groups than to millions of South Africans waiting for him to ease poverty. He took more time to speak to Lonmin's executives than miners and then left the mine to dance in front of cameras at a ruling African National Congress event, despite declaring a week of mourning. "Our government is becoming a pig that is eating its own children," Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League expelled from the ruling party after crossing swords with Zuma, said at a memorial service on Thursday for the victims. "Our government is failing to intervene in mines because our leaders are involved in mines," Malema said. It is too early to tell how much damage Zuma will suffer from the killings at the Marikana mine, northwest of Johannesburg, but the president's foes have been using the event to store ammunition before December's vote. "The fact that Zuma ordered police to bring the Lonmin strike under control has exposed him to accusations of complicity in the miners' deaths," Mark Rosenberg wrote in a note for the political risk consultancy Eurasia Group. BUMPY ROAD Banished from the ANC, Malema is in a position to say things ANC leaders cannot in public because the party prefers to confine debate to behind closed doors. It also makes Malema influential to those who want to unseat Zuma. The incident, dubbed by local media the "Marikana Massacre" has hit the base of support that brought Zuma to power, widening a divide between him and his former backers in the Youth League. The staunch support Zuma once had from the powerful COSATU labor federation has also been called into question with its flagship group, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), finding itself isolated by miners who say it has lost its focus on workers by cozying up to the ANC and mining giants. Prior to the killings, Zuma seemed headed to a victory at the ANC election, which would put him in a position to remain as South Africa's president until 2019. While he is still in the driver's seat, the road has become a lot bumpier. "Before Lonmin, with NUM in his corner, the race was going to be easy but it's going to be difficult to get a clear consensus from COSATU when there are big people who are anti-Zuma," said a senior union official campaigning for Zuma's re-election who did not want to be named. Nominations for the race open in October and the ANC forbids potential candidates from lobbying ahead of time. Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is the most viable choice. Insiders say the man who served as caretaker president for eight months from September 2008 when the ANC recalled former President Thabo Mbeki to make way for Zuma, will only raise his hand if he knows he can win. Before Marikana, Zuma's supporters are believed to have courted Cyril Ramaphosa, the former leader of NUM who is now an ANC heavyweight and one of the country's richest businessmen - offering him the position of deputy president. The former labor leader and anti-apartheid activist Ramaphosa now sits on Lonmin's board as a non-executive director and has been called a sellout by Zuma's critics, such as former youth leader Malema. "It's a different ball game now and Cyril is tainted," the Zuma campaign official said. CRACKS IN SOCIETY The incident has also laid bare cracks in society with an electorate complaining of growing levels of income inequality and the government's slow pace in addressing apartheid-era infrastructure backlogs in housing, education and healthcare. Unemployment has inched up under Zuma while the country has slipped in Transparency International's rankings of perceived corruption. Several Zuma allies are being probed on suspicion of using political connections to line their pockets. COSATU Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi, a potential kingmaker and critic of what he calls a "predatory elite" among the political class, may be looking to garner support from unions in the federation to oppose Zuma's re-election, a senior union official said. "Something like this (Marikana) is what Vavi and his followers were waiting for. It shows exactly what they were saying," the official said. COSATU, with 2 million members and in a governing alliance with the ANC, has been a powerful vote gathering machine for the ruling party. "Those who want to unseat Zuma could not ask for anything better," said a member of the ANC's national executive committee. (Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Anna Willard) World Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. Edition: U.S. Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom Back to top Reuters.com Business Markets World Politics Technology Opinion Money Pictures Videos Site Index Legal Bankruptcy Law California Legal New York Legal Securities Law Support & Contact Support Corrections Connect with Reuters Twitter Facebook LinkedIn RSS Podcast Newsletters Mobile About Privacy Policy Terms of Use AdChoices Copyright Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance Our next generation legal research platform Our global tax workstation Thomsonreuters.com About Thomson Reuters Investor Relations Careers Contact Us Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.

Other News on Monday, 27 August 2012
Britain wants to restart Assange talks with Ecuador |
Analysis: Politics the priority for China as economy slows |
Nigeria navy frees 28 kidnapped oil workers |
Pakistan pioneers lead epic struggle for more milk |
Graffiti artists thrive in reform-era Myanmar |
Under China's watch, Macau won't return to Gangster's Paradise |
Dutch Liberals, Socialists in close race ahead of vote |
Two dead as clashes flare again in Lebanon's Tripoli |
Libya minister quits after criticism over attacks |
Saudi Aramco says most damage from computer attack fixed |
Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital |
Two U.S. troops killed by rogue Afghan soldier |
Venezuela struggles with refinery blaze after deadly blast |
Major quake hits off El Salvador, no damage reported |
Japan blocks landing on disputed islands to defuse China tensions |
Seventeen party-goers found beheaded in southern Afghan village |
Analysis: South Africa mine killings could hurt Zuma ahead of vote |
Pakistan Supreme Court gives PM more time in graft case |
Analysis: Politics the priority for China as economy slows |
Analysis: How Apple overwhelmed Samsung's patent case tactics |
Samsung shares drop $12 billion after Apple's court victory |
Analysis: Friend and foe; Samsung, Apple won't want to damage parts deal |
ASML says Samsung invests in its latest chip technology |
U.S. troops face punishment over Koran burning, urination video |
Netanyahu to keep nest egg clear of Israel-Iran war talk |
Labor strife returns in South Africa's platinum belt |
Fire still burning at Venezuela's biggest refinery |
Romania parliament clears president's return to office |
Muppet urges Israelis to prepare for possible emergency |
Myanmar president promotes reformers in cabinet shake-up |
Iran might let diplomats visit suspected nuclear site |
German consumer group sets Facebook privacy ultimatum |
Nokia jumps on hopes it can cash in on Samsung setback |
IBM enters web applications market with $1.3 billion Kenexa buy |
Clooney star guest at Obama fundraiser in Switzerland |
Venice film festival promises sex and Scientology |
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph		BlogMeter 1.01