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SOUTH AFRICA: Mbeki attacks the left

BY PATRICK BOND JOHANNESBURG — The October 1-2 national general strike against the privatisation of South Africa's electricity, telephones, water and transport services was a mixed success. But combined with other recent developments and

Socialist Alliance registration certain

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — On October 2, the Victorian Electoral Commission received the 502nd positive response to a questionnaire it sent to all Socialist Alliance members in the state. Five-hundred positive returns were required by