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...this has prompted speculation that this poll may mark the beginning of the end for Mugabe, even if he gains the expected victory. "Clearly there is evidence of an implosion inside the Zanu-PF and the regime," says Masunungure. Chris Maroleng of the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria says Mugabe's potential successors within the ruling party will "make their moves based on the outcome - a narrow win could be the cue for action from several quarters...
...Chrysantus Ayangafac, a Pretoria-based researcher from the International Institute of Strategic Studies, argued in a paper this month that even such a limited military intervention "will have high diplomatic, human and financial cost implications for the AU, which it can ill afford. Besides, any sustained military intervention in the country will have to be followed by a robust reconstruction effort, which neither the AU nor the [Comoran] union government can afford." Elsewhere in Africa, AU operations are far more limited, deploying small, ineffective forces in Somalia and Darfur. While the AU did lead efforts to stem post-election violence...
...Angolan capital Luanda, another entrepreneur, Adérito Cassolongo, faces far tougher prospects. As a young man, he taught himself English and wangled a job with the U.N. Then, with a civil war raging, he caught a plane to South Africa, where he slept rough on the streets of Pretoria before becoming a boxer and earning $30 a week. In the evenings, he taught English to other Angolans, then built his own computers from spare parts and used them to set up a computer-training school. Today Cassolongo's company, Cassca Technologies, is one of the only online testing centers...
...time of African renaissance, from Dakar to Pretoria, from Dakar to Johannesburg,†he said...
...Ratatouille's Remy turn his dream of being a gourmet chef into reality. Pet rats (and their wilder cousins, of course) are simply amazing. Cute, adorable, clever, mischievous - you name it, they've got it, all rolled into one amazing personality. Cheers, Remy. We love you! Rina van Coller, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA...