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Last Update -Saturday 18 May 2013, 09:26
Cape Town and Cosatu on collision course over freedom for Obama
Friday, 08 June 2012 05:11
Cosatu is gunning for Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille to withdraw her intention to bestow the freedom of the city on US President Barack Obama and his wife, but she is adamant it will go ahead. Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said there had been no consultation. Meanwhile, general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi tweeted: “Established the facts on protest against Obama by COSATU western Cape. They highlighting role US play in continued occupation of Palestine”.
- Read more at Times Live
- See too, ‘Why Obama shouldn't be honoured - Tony Ehrenreich’, at Politicsweb
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