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The corruption case against Jacob Zuma, once the front-runner to succeed President Thabo Mbeki, has exposed splits in the African National Congress (ANC), the party that under Nelson Mandela led South Africa from apartheid to multiracial politics. Analysts say the ANC is facing its worst crisis in years.
The first three days of hearings in an inquiry into the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) alleged blacklisting of certain political analysts have been completed, the commissioners said on Monday. They said the range of views and the quality of submissions had helped to clarify which factors influenced decisions around the use of analysts.
The people of Lebanon are facing their ”hour of greatest need”, the United Nations said on Monday in launching an emergency appeal for -million to help an estimated 800Â 000 civilians whose lives have been disrupted by Israeli bombing of Lebanon.
His hands are bruised. The deep cuts on his darkened face are only beginning to heal and so are the soles of his feet, which were so swollen he could not wear shoes. From observing the injuries you can conclude only one thing: that whoever did this to him must have wanted not just to punish and maim, but to leave a lasting impression on the victim.
Fire and brimstone rained down on northern Israel throughout most of this week. And as air-raid sirens sounded and rockets slammed into the country from Hizbullah positions in Lebanon, the state unfurled its extensive safety net. The Israeli Defence Force Home Front Command issued a list of safety recommendations via television and newspapers — including step-by-step instructions on what to do when the sirens sound.
Fiona Macleod and Gavin Smitsdorp are well on their way to an eco-friendly home — and a cheaper, cooler life.
Professor Mosa al-Mosawe has lost 34 of his staff since 2003. And when he says “lost”, he doesn’t mean that they have resigned or retired, or simply moved on to pastures new. He means that they have been shot or kidnapped, never to be seen again. “Around 50 students have also gone missing,” he says, speaking on a cellphone from his office in Baghdad University.
My friend Sibi and I took a walk in the night through Kigali, 10 years after the end of the genocide and the Rwandan civil war. There was much to talk about. We hadn’t seen each other for more than 20 years, and here we were, meeting in a place that had gone through a holocaust since we’d last met.
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