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2018-07-20 22:07

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2018-07-20 20:57

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'Stop talking about the EFF's need to come home' - Makhura at ANC Gauteng conference

2018-07-20 21:50

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2018-07-20 20:19

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The ANC government has neglected coloured communities - Makhura

2018-07-20 20:34

The ANC-led government and its municipalities need to act urgently to correct the neglect experienced by coloured communities in Gauteng, premier and ANC provincial chairperson hopeful David Makhura has said.

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Mnangagwa takes vote campaign to Mugabe's hometown… says nothing about the nonagenarian

2018-07-20 20:54

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week took his election campaign to his predecessor Robert Mugabe's hometown, Chinhoyi, but he completely did not mention his name, says a report.

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2018-07-20 22:23

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2018-07-20 20:38

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