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Making the news: Alliance unity is a charade, says race relations - Business Day, 25th June 2009

Business Day reported this morning that, "The African National Congress (ANC) was in a strong position to dump its alliance partners, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), the South African Institute of Race Relations said yesterday. In an article written by deputy CEO Frans Cronje, it argues that trade union membership amounted to only a small portion of the ANC’s voter support base and that the party stood to lose very little support in dropping its alliance partners."

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Making the news: Alliance unity is a charade, says race relations - Business Day, 25th June 2009

With thousands of foreign tourists expected for the Soccer World Cup what advice do you have for them should they see a political blue-light convoy approaching? We will publish the results in a future article.

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