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110410st 11 04 10 10 Apr 2011 Sunday Times Malema: Vote ANC to keep Madiba well in 18 May local elections

Julius Malema uses Nelson Mandela's fragile health as a way to get votes in the in 18 May 2011 local elections. In the Eastern Cape, he asks people to put a cross for the ANC because Mandela will never survive if the ANC does not win. Malema said "President Mandela is sick and you don’t want to contribute to a worsening condition of Mandela by not voting ANC."

Vote ANC or you'll kill Mandela

Save me from this moron

Local elections Ill-advised slogans Mandela's fragile health Julius Malema Nelson Mandela

Electioneering sinks to a new low with abuse of our heroes
Malema: Vote ANC to keep Madiba well
Mampara of the week
 
 

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110407mg 11 04 07 7 Apr 2011 Mail & Guardian Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo - Playing for time? or delaying the inevitable Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down after he lost United Nations organised elections in November 2010. After many attemps to negotiate a peaceful solution, civil war more or less has broken out on Ivory Coast. Four to five months later, Gbagbo is under siege but is procrastinating his departure. Gbagbo's characteristic play for time dashes hopes for a solution to the conflict, which is causing a humanitarian crisis. Zapiro's cartoon puts Laurent Gbagbo in the same category as Ben-Ali of Tunisia and Mobarak of Egypt.

Could we hurry this along, Mr Gbgabo? I have n't been this busy since 1989

Ivory Coast crisis Surrender Laurent Gbagbo Hosni Mubarak Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

EU adds new Ivory Coast sanctions
Ban Ki Moon to Laurent Gbagbo: This is Your Last Chance
Gbagbo pondered SA refuge
BBC on Ivory Coast Crisis
AU Delegation Trying to Solve Ivory Coast Crisis
African leaders mull Ivory Coast crisis
Behind the Ivory Coast crisis
 
 
 
 
 

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110407tt 11 04 07 7Apr 2011 The Times ANC: Accumulation Nepotism Cronyism

Vavi made the front newspaper pages in a critical speech on the ruling ANC. Before local elections and at the NUMSA conference, Zwelinzima Vavi states that corruption and self-enrichment in the ANC could push voters into the DA. He warns that the scourge of corruption in government was turning South Africa into a predatory state. He feels that "Politics are dying, individualism and greed are on the rise." The old guard such as Oliver Tambo must be rolling in their graves watching the rot set in. In Zapiro's cartoon Vavi cynically asks Nelson Mandela what ANC stands for.

Remind me again what it use to stand for ...

ANC: Accumalation Nepotism Cronyism

ANC Cosatu Hyeanas Values Nepotism Cronyism Nelson Mandela Zwelinzima Vavi

Vavi lashes out at 'out of step' ANC
ANC has betrayed its greatest leaders: iLIVE
Vavi tells ANC to stop scoring own goals
 
 
 
 
 

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110405tt 11 04 05 5 Apr 2011 The Times Flip-Flop: South African Foreign Policy on Libya and Ivory Coast

Accused of being inconsistent in its foreign policy, the South African government maintains that it has been unambigious. What has South Africa's position been on Libya? On the 9th March, Libyan state television reported that Jacob Zuma called up Gaddafi to offer moral support. On the 17th March 2011, South Africa voted with 9 other members for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (‘No-Fly Zone’), which in essence meant defending the civilian population in Libya from attacks by its own government. This put Zuma and his ANC government in a dilemma. Does he support the rebels fighting an oppressive government or does it support its longtime ally the oppressor? Regarding the conflict in the Ivory Coast, South Africa observed a benevolent neutrality on the Ivorian crisis. South Africa now officially stands behind the position of the African Union, which recognizes Alassane Ouattara as the sole legitimate president and has formally requested the departure of Laurent Gbagbo. Previously the Gbagbo camp claimed they had an alliance with Pretoria, together with six other African countries.

But we have been consistent with Ivory Coast and Libya

We flipped-flopped on both

SA Foreign policy slammed - Internat. relations minster - Nkoana-Mashabane

South African Foreign Policy South Africa Libya Ivory coast Maite Nkoana-Mashabane

SA's position on Libya unambiguous
Gbagbo loses important South African support
Just what did South Africa's Zuma tell Qaddafi in a phone call?
Libya UN Resolution 1973: Text analysed
 
 
 
 

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110331mg 11 03 31 31 Mar 2011 Mail & Guardian Police Lineup or ling up the police - Can the South African Police be trusted? A "police lineup" is the process where suspects in a crime line up for possible identification. Zapiro's cartoon shows the police "lining up" themselves. Recent facts about the police have come to light. Senior policeman, Lieutenant General Richard Mdluli, allegedly took part in kidnapping and murder 10 years ago. In a separate case, Mdluli and Gauteng crime intelligence boss Joey Mabasa allegedly interefere in the investigation into Radovan Krejcir case, which allowed him to stay one step ahead. Two policemen, a Colonel Maluleka and a Captain Nkuta, raid the office of the Public Protector illegally without a warrant to obtain so called "incriminating" documents used in a report, which condemns national police commissioner Bheki Cele's for his role in the dodgy police headquarters tender deal.

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Crime Police interference Police lineup Our cops can't be trusted
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