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2011-06-02 Africa North

Libya says Nato raids killed 718 civilians

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#1 Libia says, Stopped reading right there.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-06-02 01:26|| 2011-06-02 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane called for an immediate ceasefire after Zuma said Qadaffy was "ready" to implement an African Union

Another ANC ~~dim light~~ up-and-coming comrade:

Maite Emily Nkoana-Mashabane (born 30 September 1963[1]) is a South African politician. She has been South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since May 2009, taking over from Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She is also a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).

Nkoana-Mashabane was born in Ga-Makanye, Limpopo. During the apartheid era she was an activist in the United Democratic Front (UDF). Nkoana-Mashabane went on to be appointed as South African High Commissioner to India and Malaysia. Her former husband, Ambassador to Indonesia Norman Mashabane, was recalled after being charged with sexual harassment.[2] He was subsequently cleared by a foreign affairs inquiry and died in a ~~mysterious~~ car accident in 2007.

On her return to South Africa, Nkoana-Mashabane became Limpopo's Local Government and Housing Member of the Executive Council, winning a wide following in the province for her efforts to root out corruption in low-cost housing programmes and her hands-on approach to rural housing.

Nkoana-Mashabane was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee in December 2007. She was the lowest scoring candidate to be elected to the Committee, winning the 80th and last seat on the Committee with 1,337 votes.[3]

President Jacob Zuma appointed Nkoana-Mashabane as ~~his 7th wife~~ Minister of International Relations and Cooperation on 9 May 2009. Zuma subsequently disputed suggestions that this was an unusual appointment in light of Nkoana-Mashabane's apparent lack of foreign policy experience, saying that "the ANC knows the strengths of this comrade" and noting that she was a member of the ANC National Executive Committee.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-06-02 01:53|| 2011-06-02 01:53|| Front Page Top

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