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President Thabo Mbeki risks being cast aside by his party next week in favour of an arch rival who may yet be charged with corruption. Mbeki still has two years left as head of state but analysts say a defeat at the hands of Jacob Zuma in the African National (ANC) Congress leadership contest could leave him a lame duck.
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/ 13 December 2007
Sopranos fans can now emerge from their withdrawal symptoms — a new episode of the cult TV series has just begun. The bonus episode is set in a New Jersey courtroom and stars the creator of The Sopranos, David Chase. No one yet knows the exact plot line, but sparks are bound to fly as Chase confronts the man who is trying to whack him hard.
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A three-hour meeting between African National Congress (ANC) veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the party’s secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday has been described as ”positive”, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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/ 13 December 2007
The United States has been a mover and shaker in climate change talks for over a decade, but delegates at the Bali summit say US clout is on the wane as countries look beyond the Bush era. Some say that with US elections due to take place less than 11 months, it leaves President George Bush a lame duck.
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/ 13 December 2007
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi, who has proved an awkward guest for Nicolas Sarkozy, described his visit to France as "historic" and condemned terrorism after a second meeting with the president. Gadaffi told France 24 television in an interview he saw it as "an opening to have relations with Europe. It’s historic."
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/ 13 December 2007
Let’s say that ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma wins at Polokwane. As ANC president, what will his first speech be next Thursday, December 20? The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> hopes it will be this: Comrades, the challenges facing the ANC are enormous. As we enter our 97th year we owe a lot, not only to the party, but to the broader public. Our spats on the road to Polokwane have been debilitating, damaging and dirty.
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/ 12 December 2007
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Attempts were being made to discredit African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Jacob Zuma ahead of his possible election to the ANC’s top job by the publication of details of an inquest into the death his wife, Kate, the government said on Wednesday.
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/ 12 December 2007
A classified advertisement for an ”adult stunner” precipitated an alleged assault by former bouncer Gary Beuthin, the Randburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Wednesday. Three stand accused of attempted murder, armed robbery with aggravating circumstances, kidnapping and possession of firearms and ammunition.
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/ 12 December 2007
Convicted serial rapist Mongezi Jinxela claimed during testimony in mitigation of sentence on Wednesday that women misled men and then cried rape to the courts. Johannesburg High Court Judge George Maluleka found Jinxela guilty last Thursday of raping 60 women. Altogether he was found guilty on 219 charges of rape, kidnapping, robbery and assault.
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Controversial African National Congress (ANC) veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has proposed ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma become South Africa’s president in 2009 and that a ”solution” be found for the legal difficulties confronting him. According to a statement issued by her office, Madikizela-Mandela on Wednesday spelled out her ”intervention proposal”.