{"id":728,"date":"2008-10-24T17:37:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T17:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=728"},"modified":"2013-04-24T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:28:22","slug":"south-africa-the-next-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/south-africa-the-next-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: The Next Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/BN-0802-SouthAfricaNextRepublic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-787\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Democratic South Africa, legacy of Mbeki, Thabo Mbeki, South Africa, ANC, Kgalema Motlanthe\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/South-Africa-Next-Republic-cover-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic South Africa, legacy of Mbeki, Thabo Mbeki, South Africa, ANC, Kgalema Motlanthe\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/South-Africa-Next-Republic-cover-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/South-Africa-Next-Republic-cover-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/South-Africa-Next-Republic-cover-170x240.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The resignation of former president Thabo Mbeki can be seen as the ending of a &#8220;First Republic&#8221; in democratic South Africa. The liberal left tradition of the governing African National Congress is fading, and the &#8220;Second Republic&#8221; will be shaped by more competition for political powers both inside and outside the ANC.\u00a0These notes consider Mbeki&#8217;s legacy, the challenges facing President Kgalema Motlanthe, and the prospects for a &#8220;Second Republic&#8221; under presidential aspirant Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/BN-0802-SouthAfricaNextRepublic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resignation of former president Thabo Mbeki can be seen as the ending of a &#8220;First Republic&#8221; in democratic South Africa. The liberal left tradition of the governing African National Congress is fading, and the &#8220;Second Republic&#8221; will be shaped by more competition for political powers both inside and outside the ANC.\u00a0These notes consider Mbeki&#8217;s legacy, the challenges facing President Kgalema Motlanthe, and the prospects for a &#8220;Second Republic&#8221; under presidential aspirant Jacob Zuma. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[253,281,254,251,27,252,238],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefing-notes","tag-anc","tag-democratic-south-africa","tag-kgalema-motlanthe","tag-legacy-of-mbeki","tag-politics-in-publications","tag-south-africa","tag-thabo-mbeki"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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