Lloyd Cooke stirred up a wasp's nest when he labelled the cultural wake for the great Herb McKenley 'pagan'. "Our supposedly Christian nation," he wrote in "utter disgust and disappointment ... ought to express its strong disapproval... - Martin Henry

"The (African National Congress) should not choose someone of whom most of us would be ashamed," said Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has a fair claim to being South Africa's living conscience. But on Tuesday, the ANC did choose Jacob Zuma as the new party leader... - Gwynne Dyer