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Nhlanhla Nene: The Fallen Chairman

28Oct08

Cracks in the ANC this month have bought the historic party many column inches in South Africa, but it was the cracks in a certain chair on prime time TV which brought the group world wide attention last week – for all the wrong reasons.
The as it turns out puntastically-titled chairman of finance for the ANC [...]


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The enigma of Zuma-gate

04Aug08

Judging another nation’s politics is always a tricky business. One’s perception is always coloured by the political order in their nation and the coordinates of wrong and right that their culture has instilled. The heavily contrasting reactions of the West and Africa to the debacle that is currently Zimbabwe illustrates this perfectly.
However, when it comes [...]


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