Media outlets spotlighted the South African government this past weekend, after CBS News reported on discrepancies regarding Nelson Mandela's health. Several sources alleged that contrary to claims of Mandela's health improving, Mandela's liver and kidneys were functioning at 50 percent, and that he had a procedure to repair a bleeding ulcer and another one to insert a tube.
Baadhi ya wadadisi wanasema yeye ndiye aliyepanga na kuendesha shughuli nyingi zilizohusiana na shambulio la Marekani la 9/11. Kwa muda wa miaka mingi, msaidizi wa Bin Laden, ambaye atakayefanikiwa kumpata atapokea dola milioni 25 (pauni milioni 15), alitazamiwa kurithi madaraka hayo. Taarifa iliyotangaza madaraka hayo ilichapishwa katika wavuti ya Al-Qaeda, na kusemekana imetolewa na uongozi wa juu unaotoa amri katika kundi hilo.