Socialist International

South African held municipal elections Wednesday. Early results suggest that a growing number of people are becoming disenchanted with the country’s ruling party, the ANC. Anders Kelto reports.

In Britain, recent elections swept the Labor Party into power. The fate of environmental issues now rests with the new Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Deputy John Prescott. Joining us from London to discuss the new ruling party and their environmental agenda is BBC environment correspondent Margaret Gilmore.

It’s been fourteen years since the African National Congress took power in South Africa under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. But now a split within its ranks has become an outright rebellion – and it could reshape the nation’s political landscape.

Today a judge in South Africa threw out corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from the BBC’s Jonah Fisher.