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| | Jacob Zuma - The 2008 TIME 100 - TIME |
 | | Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki were once friends and allies, but they fell out around 2002, allegedly because Mbeki, South Africa's inscrutable President, suspected that Zuma was plotting to replace him. |
 | | When Zuma was dismissed from the deputy presidency and later charged with corruption and rape, his followers were convinced that their man was the victim of an Mbeki-inspired vendetta. |
 | | The controversies didn't hurt Zuma, 66, an unabashed populist who revels in traditional African polygamyhe has several wivesand whose massive rallies feature the Zulu anthem Bring Me My Machine Gun. |
| www.time.com /time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733757_1735724,00.html (392 words) |
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