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The uMkhonto weSizwe Party is in crisis. Young men were allegedly lured to Russia for “bodyguard training” — but ended up in Ukraine’s frontlines. The feud between Zuma sisters Nkosazana and Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has turned personal, while Hawks investigations raise serious trafficking and foreign military concerns.
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The uMkhonto weSizwe Party is in crisis. Young men were allegedly lured to Russia for “bodyguard training” — but ended up in Ukraine’s frontlines. The feud between Zuma sisters Nkosazana and Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has turned personal, while Hawks investigations raise serious trafficking and foreign military concerns.
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