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 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - A power battle is raging in South Africa, pitting President Thabo Mbeki, who spearheaded an economic boom but alienated many of the poor, against former deputy Jacob Zuma, whose reputation has survived rape and corruption charges.
The winner of the fight over leadership of the governing party could determine the country's next president.
Mbeki is barred by the constitution from seeking a third term as South Africa's president, but it's clear he wants a say in who succeeds him when he leaves office in 2009. It's equally clear he does not want it to be Zuma, a one-time protege he fired as deputy president.
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