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Paul Mashatile dismisses reports of 'national shutdown'

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile has said there is no evidence of a shutdown by supporters of Ace Magashule and former president Jacob Zuma

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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Wright, Jonathan J. (1840-1885)

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Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868).

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1844

First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress

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African National Congress

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5

1956

Miller, Thomas E. (1849-1938)

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1947

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (The Kerner Report), 1967

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