North-West premier Popo Molefe has vehemently denied child molestation allegations of a pre-teen relative levelled against him by his ex-wife in a <i>Mail & Guardian</i> article.<br>
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair held an emergency ”war Cabinet” meeting yesterday to finalise plans for military action against Iraq and demand that the United Nations comes to a decision on the vital second resolution against Saddam Hussein within 24 hours.
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The <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s decision to report allegations that North West Premier Popo Molefe sexually molested a pre-teen girl is certain to arouse controversy.
As a nation, are we so weary of guilt, resentment and remorse, that in the face of crisis or terrible injury we elect appeasing denial? Where does it come from, this weird need to look the other way, to ignore or excuse patent iniquity? Why do we so often supplant what should be untutored outrage with rhetorical magnanimity?
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