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ANC withdraws Mazibuko weight remark

Senior ANC MP John Jeffery has formally withdrawn his controversial remark about DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko's weight, and apologised to her.

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In my previous article about the Genesis account of creation, I asked a few question and pointed out things that make no sense to me.

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Maybe it is just me, but I would have liked to hear more about how the earth was actually created by God but Genesis is very vague about the methods.

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