| A Soweto family watches South African President Thabo Mbeki on TV addressing South Africans after he resigned on September 21, 2008, in Pretoria. Mbeki denied Sunday accusations his government had interfered with justice, seen as central to calls for him to step down. Mbeki, 66, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as president in June 1999, had been under pressure since a September 12 court ruling threw out a corruption case against his political rival Jacob Zuma. [Xinhua] |
