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U.S. tariff hikes on China's clean energy products election ploy: S. African expert

STORY: U.S. tariff hikes on China's clean energy products election ploy: S. African expert SHOOTING TIME: May 18, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: PRETORIA, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAUL ZILUNGISELE TEMBE, Senior fellow at South Africa's Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAUL ZILUNGISELE TEMBE, Senior fellow at South Africa's Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PAUL ZILUNGISELE TEMBE, Senior fellow at South Africa's Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute STORYLINE: The latest tariff hikes by the U.S. administration targeting Chinese clean energy products is "a political ploy setting the stage for the upcoming elections," said Paul Zilungisele Tembe, a senior fellow at South Africa's Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAUL ZILUNGISELE TEMBE, Senior fellow at South Africa's Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute "We should look at the curr

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Former South African president endorses ANC ahead of elections

STORY: Former South African president endorses ANC ahead of elections SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the campaigns 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THABO MBEKI, Former South African president and former president of African National Congress 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LUCKY THAGE, Soweto resident STORYLINE: Thabo Mbeki, former South African president and the former president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, is campaigning for the ANC ahead of the May 29 elections. Mbeki endorsed the ANC while campaigning in Soweto, which is considered the ANC's stronghold, on Thursday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THABO MBEKI, Former South African president and former president of African National Congress "I know there are many problems in the country, even problems within the ANC. And so as we say, vote ANC, we are making a commitment to the people that we will attend to the problems within th

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S. Africa ruling party centenary

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - South African President Jacob Zuma (R)and former President Thabo Mbeki (L) smile -- at a church in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in the early hours of Jan. 8, 2012 -- before a torch lit to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling African National Congress.

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (From L to R) are IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. (Pool photo)

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao chat before posing for photos after talks among leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (Pool photo)

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Group of 5 leaders call for cooperation on Beijing Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet the press after a meeting in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 8 at which they called for worldwide cooperation to make next month's Beijing Olympics a success. The Group of Five leaders are in Hokkaido for an ''outreach'' meeting with Group of Eight leaders on the third day of the three-day G-8 summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako on July 9.

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants pose for a commemorative photo on July 7, the opening day of the three-day G-8 summit at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido. From L to R: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ghana's President John Kufuor, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: Fukuda meets with South African President Mbeki

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (far L) meets with South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki (far R) on the sidelines of an ''outreach'' meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and key African countries at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido, on July 7. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: Fukuda meets with South African President Mbeki

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R) poses with South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki during a bilateral meeting at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido, on July 7. Mbeki is in Japan for an ''outreach'' meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and key African countries. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants chat during a photo session for G-8 and African leaders attending the G-8 ''outreach'' meeting at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido, on July 7. From L to R: Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, U.S. President George W. Bush, Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Pool photo)

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G-8 summit: G-8 leaders pose for commemorative photo

TOYAKO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (4th from L) shakes hands with U.S. President George W. Bush after government leaders of the Group of Eight nations and other invited participants posed for a commemorative photo on July 7, the opening day of the three-day G-8 summit at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toya, Hokkaido. Others in the photo are (from L to R): Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade. (Pool photo)

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Japan, S. Africa agree to cooperate in search of rare metals

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari (L) and South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) hold talks in Cape Town on Nov. 15. They agreed to cooperate in searching for rare metals in the African country.

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China, S. Africa sign documents on nuclear use

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki shake hands after signing an agreement on peaceful use of nuclear materials and other documents in Cape Town on June 21.

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S. Africa's Mbeki talks with Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 29. Mbeki is in Japan to attend the three-day third Tokyo International Conference on African Development that began earlier in the day. (Pool photo)

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(1)U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development ends

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African President Thabo Mbeki addresses the final meeting of the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on Sept. 4. World leaders from about 100 countries adopted an implementation plan and a political declaration in winding up the 10-day summit.

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(2)U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development opens

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development that opened in Johannesburg on Sept. 2. (Pool photo)

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(1)G-8 addresses terror by Africa aid, nonproliferation

KANANASKIS, Canada - Leaders of Group of Eight nations, four African countries and the head of the United Nations at the Canadian Rocky Mountains resort of Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 27 after their meeting. In front starting on the left, South African President Thabo Mbeki, French President Jacques Chirac, Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade. In back starting on the left, Spanish Prime Minister Maria Aznar, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and European Commission President Romano Prodi.

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Imperial couple greeted by Mbekis

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and his wife Zanele (L) greet Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) on their arrival at the state guesthouse in Tokyo's Motoakasaka on Oct. 3.

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Koizumi, S. Africa's Mbeki hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands for a photo opportunity at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 1 prior to their talks.

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S. African President Mbeki meets emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (2nd from R) and his wife Zanele (L) meet Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) on Oct. 1 at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo. Mbeki, who arrived in Tokyo earlier in the day, is on a three-day trip to Japan that follows a visit to South Africa in January by then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Mori hold talks with Mbeki

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) hold talks at the presidential palace in Pretoria on Jan. 9.

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Mori in South Africa

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and South African President Thabo Mbeki pose for pictures prior to their talks in Pretoria on Jan. 9. Mori arrived in Johannesburg on Jan. 7 on the first leg of his four-nation tour that will also take him to Kenya, Nigeria and Greece.

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Premier Mori arrives at South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, being accompanied by former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogata (R), arrives at Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 8, for the first leg of his nine-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa and Greece. The premier is to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Jan. 9.

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Japan, S. Africa agree to cooperate in search of rare metals

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari (L) and South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) hold talks in Cape Town on Nov. 15. They agreed to cooperate in searching for rare metals in the African country. (Kyodo)

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Imperial couple greeted by Mbekis

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) and his wife Zanele (L) greet Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) on their arrival at the state guesthouse in Tokyo's Motoakasaka on Oct. 3.

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao chat before posing for photos after talks among leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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16 major CO2 emitters end meeting in Hokkaido

TOYAKO, Japan - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters and representatives from international organizations pose for photos after their meeting at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido on July 9. (From L to R) are IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Group of 5 leaders call for cooperation on Beijing Olympics

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L to R) South African President Thabo Mbeki, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet the press after a meeting in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 8 at which they called for worldwide cooperation to make next month's Beijing Olympics a success. The Group of Five leaders are in Hokkaido for an ''outreach'' meeting with Group of Eight leaders on the third day of the three-day G-8 summit at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako on July 9. (Kyodo)

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China, S. Africa sign documents on nuclear use

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki shake hands after signing an agreement on peaceful use of nuclear materials and other documents in Cape Town on June 21. (Kyodo)

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S. Africa ruling party centenary

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - South African President Jacob Zuma (R)and former President Thabo Mbeki (L) smile -- at a church in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in the early hours of Jan. 8, 2012 -- before a torch lit to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling African National Congress. (Kyodo)

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(1)G-8 addresses terror by Africa aid, nonproliferation

KANANASKIS, Canada - Leaders of Group of Eight nations, four African countries and the head of the United Nations at the Canadian Rocky Mountains resort of Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 27 after their meeting. In front starting on the left, South African President Thabo Mbeki, French President Jacques Chirac, Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade. In back starting on the left, Spanish Prime Minister Maria Aznar, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and European Commission President Romano Prodi.

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Former Premier Mori meets with President Mbeki

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) and South African President Thabo Mbeki walk side by side after their meeting at the presidential office in Pretoria on April 28. (Kyodo)

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S. Africa's Mbeki talks with Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 29. Mbeki is in Japan to attend the three-day third Tokyo International Conference on African Development that began earlier in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development opens

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development that opened in Johannesburg on Sept. 2. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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S. African President Mbeki meets emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - South African President Thabo Mbeki (2nd from R) and his wife Zanele (L) meet Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) on Oct. 1 at the Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo. Mbeki, who arrived in Tokyo earlier in the day, is on a three-day trip to Japan that follows a visit to South Africa in January by then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Mori in South Africa

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and South African President Thabo Mbeki pose for pictures prior to their talks in Pretoria on Jan. 9. Mori arrived in Johannesburg on Jan. 7 on the first leg of his four-nation tour that will also take him to Kenya, Nigeria and Greece.

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Mori hold talks with Mbeki

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) hold talks at the presidential palace in Pretoria on Jan. 9.

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Premier Mori arrives at South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, being accompanied by former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogata (R), arrives at Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 8, for the first leg of his nine-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa and Greece. The premier is to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Jan. 9.