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I think the two populist orators, Zwelinzima Vavi and Julius Malema, who have selflessly expressed their desire to kill for Jacob Zuma are guilty of making laughable, preposterous, ignorant, short-sighted, ridiculous and unfortunate remarks. …

Now Mugabe must be forced out of office 29 June 2008, 00:22 GMT + 2 8 comments NOW that Robert Mugabe has held his sham election in which he was the only candidate, the world must take action to end his regime. This action should include diplomatic efforts aimed at creating a transitional caretaker state which should oversee legitimate, free and fair elections. …

Advice to Bill Gates on his departure from Microsoft 28 June 2008, 00:24 GMT + 2 1 comment Bill, You’ve probably downgraded from Vista to XP by now like most of your customers, so please remember that when you want to log off, you must press the “start” button. …

a remarkable example of how to mess something up”. “He [Mbeki] overestimated his influence over Mugabe and Zanu-PF, thinking that his politics of appeasement would be reciprocated by concessions from them. It wasn’t.” Ray Hartley, editor of the Times of South Africa, is furious with Mbeki’s approach: Regional leaders and South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki, in particular, have failed to act against Mugabe even as evidence of the torture, murder and mutilation of

Malema: I did not say that Independent Online - 1 hour ago ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Tuesday denied that his statement about taking up arms and killing for Jacob Zuma was an incitement to violence. Why is Zuma silent while the youth league calls for blood and mayhem? The Times ID lodges complaint over Malema comments SABC News AllAfrica.com - Bush Radio Newsroom - Africasia - The Herald Eastern Cape all 167 news articles » Ek het geweet…

but most importantly, users can comment on articles as well as other multimedia on The Times’ multimedia portal. In the middle column are links to exclusive audio, as well as to several blogs, including reader blogs and that of The Times editor Ray Hartley. Putting his users directly into contact with him through his blog breaks the barriers of one-way communication of the traditional mass-media and the notion of an editor far removed from his reader.

past we never allowed our problems to condemn us to demoralisation, despondency and pessimism. “Those who have spoken of the legacy of the president need to know that there is no other legacy the president seeks apart from what has been said above." To: BBC: A lot of people think you’re a crook … ZUMA: Is that so? (laughs) I want to see those people so they can tell me why they think I’m a crook. BBC: Well there’s a whole army of prosecutors who clearly think it.

s The Sunday Times, has a readership of 340,000 after one year. (Editors Weblog) The paper launched in June 2007 with a circulation of 126,000. Ray Hartley, the editor of The Times, runs his own weblog called ‘wild frontier‘.

. According to the paper, Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa described Obama's win as historic because a black man was for first time contesting for the U.S. presidency on the ticket of a main party. Ray Hartley comments in his blog The Wild Frontier for the South African Times that Obama's ascendency "has raised the hope that the US will finally assume its role as a responsible super power that will extract itself from the conflict in Iraq." For Hartley, Obama's win "signals the long overdue

WITH an extrarordinary rhetorical flourish resting on the line “this is the moment”, Barak Obama won the Democratic nomination to run for US President against Republican John McCain in Minnesota last night. Full Story on The Wild Frontier

Obama wins Democratic nomination, but Hillary holds on The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa WITH an extrarordinary rhetorical flourish resting on the line ?this is the moment?, Barak Obama won the Democratic nomination to run for US President

methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from ice sheets that extended to Earth's low latitudes some 635 million years ago caused a dramatic ... Arctic methane may trigger abrupt climate change Times of India Earth faces methane threat The Times Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday Within a Human Lifespan? Wired News AFP - Science Daily (press release) all 36 news articles »

Image Credit I am in shock and lost for reason. What kind of humanity can direct such a brutal murder, and do so amid laughter? What kind of nation are we? President Mbeki has hardly proved himself too concerned about the course of events that have left 50