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Is there a real opposition? South Africa.

Mbeki never got a grip on Leon

The impending retirement of the main opposition leader, Tony Leon, raises questions about the future of South Africa's democracy

THE biggest argument in South African politics is still over who will succeed Thabo Mbeki as president. Next year the ruling African National Congress (ANC) will choose a new leader, who will be virtually certain to become the country's president when South Africans vote for one in 2009. But another big question came to the fore this week when Tony Leon, who heads the main opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said he would step down at its congress in May. What sort of opposition will the ANC then face? ...

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