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What do others think about dividing this article into headings eg:
Early Life
Underground Years - ANC Intelligence, Bulelani Ngcuka
Controversial Issues - bringing in issues about Patricia de Lille, Jacob Zuma, Mac Maharaj, Ranjeni Munusamy , Chippy Shaik, Yunis Shaik, Mo Shaik, Alain Thetard, Shauket Fakie, Willem Heath, Joos Hefer and Thabo Mbeki. --Jcw69 08:10, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
News photographs of his ear-to-ear grin outside the courtroom have become as common of those of his furious scowl
If Mr Shaik is cleared, the government will breathe a huge sigh of relief.
But if he is found guilty, then history could judge the Shaik trial as a defining moment in South Africa's young democracy: Is South Africa to be a place where high officials can keep their reputation intact, regardless of association with sleaze? [1]
