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Our good comrade and Communist University advanced scholar and gentleman Tony Hall wrote in to the BBC with questions for their recent programme on Jacob Zuma. Read what Comrade Tony wrote in the document linked below. Yesterday we complained about the Snukification of the Business Day Weekender. The same day the Business Day produced some cracking critical copy, starting with the editor Peter Bruce’s no-holds-barred engagement with Dali Mpofu (see link). Mpofu is somebody the Communist University and the old “Combat Team” have confronted at a Wolpe seminar, at just about the time when he got his present job. Rob Rose is the hired gun brought in by Bruce to replace David Gleason on the Business Day. It has taken Rose long to rise to anything like Gleason’s level, but here he does very well in defence of John Perlman, who is facing a Snukist disciplinary at the SABC for shamelessly telling the truth to his listeners. Read the link below. Rose also lays out the position of Vuyani Ngalwana, a man who in his own way fought the monopoly finance bourgeoisie in defence of the petty bourgeoisie and the workers (see link). But after some early gains it now looks like Ngalwana is going to be taken to the cleaners along with the rest of us - unless he gets a bit of support, that is. COSATU reminds people that the SACCAWU strike at Sun International is still on and urges people to boycott the forthcoming concerts of the Leverts at Carnival City in particular. See the linked statement below. The major HIV/AIDS conference scheduled to take place in Randburg on October 27th and 28th is coming close. The discussion documents have been published on various web sites. See the linked document for details. Lebo Mathosa is no more. The CU sympathises with her family and her fans. Click on these links: Questions for Jacob Zuma from Tony Hall (544 words) A compulsive, sophisticated liar, Peter Bruce, Business Day (581 words) Who is bringing SABC into disrepute?, Rob Rose, Business Day (384 words) Manuel should hold on to Vuyani Ngalwana, Rob Rose, B Day (544 words) COSATU supports Sun International strikers (304 words) CIVIL Society Coalition documents for HIV Congress Oct 27 (355 words)