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World Cup 2010 hosts, South Africa, fired their head football coach, Joel Santana this past Monday. This is big news for the Bafana. I'd think South Africans are more worried about their head coaching situation then on anything else (crime, capacity, etc) regarding the upcoming World Cup. Mail & Guardian predicts that the Bafana will replace one Brazilian head coach with another.

Robert Mugabe held a cabinet meeting this morning despite Tsvangirai's absence. Tsvangirai had boycotted the meeting because of frustration that major details of the power-sharing agreement had been unmet. Specifically, Mugabe's arrest and pending prosecution of MDC member, Roy Bennett, whom Tsvangirai nominated for the post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture have exacerbated tensions. In short, Mugabe continues to balk at actually implementing a unity government. His initial concessions to graciously share power in an election he fraudulently won seem to have been a way to buy time and international aid as he co-opts his rivals--much like he once did with Joshua Nkomo's ZAPU party.

This is just the start of a growing habit of linking and reading more news topics on the African continent...