Fodder - A blog from the heart of zaLandFodder is a blog about what's on the front page of the world's and South Africa's newspapers from the perspective of zaBlogger. The slant will be South African but we cannot stick our head in the sand and ignore what's happening internationally so there will also be lots of international news.US mid terms- November 1, 2006 US mid term elections are on Monday and by every measure the Dems should win this and certainly take back Congress, maybe even the Senate. Almost every poll puts them ahead on every question even on the traditionally strong GOP questions. So in short this is an election that can only be lost by the Dems, rather then won...http://www.fodder.co.za/2006/11/us_mid_terms.html PW Botha dies- November 1, 2006 PW Botha dies and he is being lauded by all an sundry and there is even talk that he may even get a state funeral. This is an amazing country! PW has consistently refused to take responsibility for his role in apartheid, refused to appear before the TRC and largely denied that apartheid was even bad. Yet his death is...http://www.fodder.co.za/2006/11/pw_botha_dies.html |