Cabinet ministers and the speaker of parliament follow in the succession line. It is generally expected that parliament, which is dominated by the ANC, will elect a new president within 30 days. Baleka Mbete, speaker of parliament and a Zuma loyalist, has been mentioned as the most likely person to lead the transition.
The South African leader has consistently denied any involvement in the prosecution. World News Updated. By Phakamisa Ndzamela 5 Min Read. South Africa's Mbeki to exit stage with mixed legacy. The transition will be managed with care and precision.
We will announce the name of our Candidate in Parliament at an appropriate moment. I am convinced that if given that responsibility he would be equal to the task. We therefore expect a smooth transition, as this is not a change of party but only leadership in government. We call upon all ANC Ministers and Deputy Ministers, to continue their work and serve the people of our country, supported by the Public Service, which is not affected at all by these changes. We also appeal to all South Africans to support the government and its new leadership, and work with them to promote access to a better life for all.
Within the ANC we will continue the work for organisational renewal and unity. We will be sending NEC deployees to all provinces and regions to brief our structures on the new developments. We will also brief civil society formations and other key stakeholders to ensure their understanding of the decision. We will support our government to make the World Cup a huge success for the African continent and the world.
The ANC led by its President and the NEC will now focus energies on preparing for the elections and the new administration next year. After the elections, the ANC will take further the fight against crime to build safer communities, as stated in our Polokwane resolutions. We will focus more on improving the quality of health service delivery and the reduction of diseases such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and others.
We will prioritise education and skills development, as well as land and agrarian reform, as key tools in the fight against poverty. We have decided to make the creation of decent work opportunities the primary focus of our economic policies. This means we have to achieve sound economic growth and development, in spite of the global economic crisis. Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela in and was due to stand down next year.
During his time in office, Mbeki won praise for guiding the country's economy through a period of sustained growth but faced controversy over his insistence that that the HIV virus, which has infected more than 5 million South Africans, does not cause Aids. Some senior party officials said they would not support ousting Mbeki because of the damage it would do to the party. Mbhazima Shilowa, the premier of Gauteng province, with Johannesburg and Pretoria at its heart, said that a no confidence vote would divide the ANC.
But some ANC factions, including the party's youth league, Communists and trade unionists have lobbied hard to oust Mbeki. The left of the party has used the crisis over Zuma as a vehicle to bring down the president, first as ANC leader, because they were strongly opposed to his market-oriented economic policies.
The council of churches said that removing Mbeki could plunge the country into a crisis. The negative political and economic repercussions of such an induced collapse are too ghastly to contemplate. Thabo Mbeki speaks at a press briefing in Pretoria earlier this week.
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