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The Sunday Times published a scathing but most appropriate orbituary for dead telecommunications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri last weekend. Seat-warmer president Kgalema Motlanthe said she was an extraordinary woman – and that she certainly was: a member of Thabo Mbeki‘s so called dream team after the 1999 election, she set South Africa back by at least [...]

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Kgalema Motlanthe was the token African at the recent G20 summit. With not much to offer in terms of negotiating power, whatever he asked for was tantamount to straightforward begging from the rich. With domestic crises taking a priority for global leaders, they can hardly be blamed for maintaining a focus on their home-based issues. [...]

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Cartoon speculating on the reason why the South African leadership has been totally ineffective in handling the Zimbabwe – Mugabe crisis [click for more...]

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With over 50,000 Zimbabweans infected with cholera and over 2,700 killed by the disease so far, the South African government is still standing firm in its resolution not to interfere in what it calls Zimbabwe’s affairs. Even Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has [more..]