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August 29, 2012

What's South Africa's Problem? Jacob Zuma

Allister Sparks, Business Day

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When all the shouting and weeping and finger-pointing is done, the bottom line is that what happened at the Lonmin mine on August 16 began as a battle between rival politicised factions. And that battle was itself part of a larger war over which faction will gain control of SA at the next election.

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TAGGED: Marikana, ANC, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Africa

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