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ANC resurrects newspaper plans

NEWSWATCH: The ANC is proposing once again to launch its own commercial newspaper, as well as relaunch its Mayibuye and Umrabulo publications, writes IOL.

By Simone Puterman

11 Mar 2008

The Sowetan reports two more twists in court yesterday, Monday, 10 March 2008, during the ongoing Lesedi FM fraud case.

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IOL: ANC has new plans to start own newspaper
Sowetan Online: More intrigue in Thuso trial

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Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.

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