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2008-04-18 Africa Subsaharan

Union refuses to off-load Zim-Bob's guns

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Posted by Steve White 2008-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Holy Crap!!!!
Somebody showing some balls!!!
I may have to take back some of the things I've said about S.A.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-18 08:29|| 2008-04-18 08:29|| Front Page Top

#2 mbeki has made his own enemies in RSA. While the Zimbob thing looks like leftie Bob vs right, in SA the lines are bit different, from what I can gather. SA has had this thing where some of the ANC leaders, including Mbeki, are trying to break with the economic left (which includes WHITE communists) and are trying to shore up support by appealing to black race consciousness. Mbeki has that plus his adherence to Mugabe as a fellow liberation fighter - so the actual SA economic left which resents Mbeki - like the trade unions - may be opposing Mugabe mainly as a way to embarass Mbeki.

Posted by Albemarle Thravitle4170 2008-04-18 09:48|| 2008-04-18 09:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Funny you should mention communists, Randall Howard is one of their boys. Google it up, don't take my word for it. He's tight with the reds and this is a good way to stab at Mbeki.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-18 10:05|| 2008-04-18 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Albemarle Thravitle4170 pretty much nailed it.

Zimbob really doesn't have anything to do with the dispute. It's a convenient excuse.

Satawu is aligned with the Council of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). COSATU is affiliated with the SA communists. Both are ticked off at the current ANC leadership (which isn't hewing to its marxist roots).

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-18 13:18|| 2008-04-18 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Knifing the old left by embracing racial nationalism? Christ, where have I heard that song before?

Godwin spill on aisle 9.

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#6 WAFF.com [paraph]> STRATEGYPAGE- THE CASE OF THE MYSTERIOUS HALF-MILLION CHINESE AK-47's. All thats known for sure is that theChin AK's weren't for Libya's armed forces nor lawful paramilitaries, and that Italian gangsters were involved.

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