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A Question of Trust

By 6000 | 6000 | March 27, 2009

This whole “is the case against Jacob Zuma about to be dropped?” thing. Man, it’s getting complicated. Why doesn’t someone take things back to basics and explain it in straightforward terms? OK – here you go, then: Jacob Zuma, out future President (in 3½ weeks) and who can’t be trusted is set to face charges of [...]

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Malema speaks sense

By 6000 | 6000 | February 4, 2009

Surely some mistake? But no. After the latest in the Jacob Zuma trial, as the case was put back (again) to August 2009 – significantly on the other side of the general election -  our friend Julius said:   When Zuma comes back to court in August he will come back as the president of [...]

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Whites want Zuma in now!

By 6000 | 6000 | September 23, 2008

In an extraordinary show of solidarity with ANC President Jacob Zuma, a poll today* suggests that a huge number of white South Africans want JZ to become President of the country as soon as possible. While this may come as a surprise to many political analysts, there is a very simple explanation: pronunciation. It seems [...]

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All change…

By 6000 | 6000 | September 22, 2008

So he was pushed to the very edge and now he’s jumped. Well, I say “jumped”: actually, it was more of a dignified step. Mbeki – gone: “Butchered”, no less. Yes, it’s big news, but it’s not bad news. It’s not even unexpected news after the Nicholson ruling on the Zuma case. Scandals, allegations, divisions, resignations: [...]

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Where I lead…

By 6000 | 6000 | September 11, 2008

…the South African Human Rights Commission follows. SAHRC Chair, Jody Kollapen on the Zapiro cartoon furore: The view of the Commission is that while the cartoon captures a significant political and social issue within society today — on the role of the judiciary and its place in society — the cartoon may well have gone [...]

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