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/ 8 July 2005

ANC policy-makers correct over Zuma, says Mbeki

The African National Congress’s policy-making body had been correct to express its support for former deputy president Jacob Zuma "during these trying and painful times", wrote President Thabo Mbeki in his internet letter on Friday. "[Zuma] should have an opportunity to defend himself against whatever accusations have been made against him," said Mbeki.

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/ 8 July 2005

Terror attacks: Jo’burg ‘will handle it’

Following the bombings in London on Thursday, in which more than 50 people died and about 700 were injured, Johannesburg residents can rest assured that there are preventative measures in place in the city if ever it should experience a sudden urban terror attack, a police spokesperson told the Mail & Guardian Online on Friday.

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/ 8 July 2005

Dreaming home

By publishing 16 essays on the works of the Indian diaspora by Indian and foreign critics, the editors of <i>Indias Abroad: The Diaspora Writes Back</i>, highlight the longing for the motherland by the dislocated Indian writers, writes Kalpana Rangan.

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/ 8 July 2005

Alien notions

<b>NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK:</b> <i>War of the Worlds</i>, is commended for sticking to something like HG Wells’s ending, though that’s about all the movie can be commended for, writes Shaun de Waal.