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/ 10 September 2010
The public-service strike was suspended for 21 days this week because it was losing public support and members could not afford to forfeit more pay.
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/ 7 September 2010
The African National Congress wanted the two-week public service strike to have been "called off" rather than merely "suspended".
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/ 3 September 2010
Two new ambassadors-designate from the Western Cape have been added to the diplomatic corps in order to purge the province of its warring factions.
Despite the standoff between the ANC Youth League and Nedbank, the league’s financial report reveals that it continues to do business with the bank.
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/ 3 September 2010
Jacob Zuma’s intervention in the strike was as much an attempt to reassert his political power as a bid to bring the labour action to an end.
A new "coalition of the wounded" has emerged in the ANC, with many of Jacob Zuma’s once ardent backers now joining forces to stop his second term.
Those close to him would like to see the ANC NGC discipline Malema’s national executive committee because of "divisive behaviour".
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/ 1 September 2010
In a tit-for-tat agreement, the SA government has secured the support of Serbia in SA’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
ANC leaders are briefed on workings of the communist party and the government on visits to China.
<b>Mandy Rossouw</b> attempts to unravel the complicated reality of cooperative governance in the Western Cape.