The continent’s third pillar, South Africa, will spend 2008 mired in an escalating political feud between Thabo Mbeki, the lame-duck president, and Jacob Zuma, a former deputy who is the newly elected leader of the ruling African National Congress and the leading candidate to succeed Mbeki, his bitter rival, next year.
非洲大陆的第三根支柱南非将会在即将卸任的总统姆贝基和前任副总统祖玛之间日益升级的政治争斗下度过2008年。而后者刚刚当选为非洲国民大会领导人并且是明年接替其死对手姆贝基的主要侯选人。