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Toilet humour seems inescapable as South Africa heads into the 2011 local municipal elections. Wonkie takes an interesting look at the local political climate and at where South Africa is headed in terms of its leadership.

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Rhino poaching in South Africa is up over 70% from 2009 with the government ban on hunting and sale of rhino products proving quite useless in practice.

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Strikes in South Africa are crippling the public – from hospitals to schools the latest nation-wide strikes are causing chaos and the government seems ill-equipped to manage the scale of disruption.

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Zakumi – the FIFA 2010 soccer world cup mascot is being manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop where workers earn R23 a day. ANC MP Shiaan-Bin Huang who serves on South African parliament’s economic development committee signed the deal with Chinese manufacturer. Mr Huang’s own company will receive 100,000 figures for distribution in South Africa – sounds dodgy?