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	Tony Leon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African politician and the leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa's main opposition party.
		Leon grew up in South Africa in a Jewish family during the apartheid era, when the African National Congress and other organisations representing the fl majority were illegal.
		From 1990 to 1994, he chaired the DP's Bill of Rights Commission, and as such was an advisor to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) and a delegate to the multi-party negotiations that led to the end of apartheid and the establishment of a multi-party democracy in 1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Leon (470 words)

	[No title]
		LEON Well, if the guy is far, in a car, and I know weather is going to be bad, rain for example, I think I would plastic the car, with a remote here.
		TONY I'll explain you, Leon: they'll ask you to fill in a lot of forms and you can't write and they'll ask you your job, your employer's name and you can't tell them: My job, I'm a hitman and my employer is Tony, his record is longer than his resturant's menu.
		Leon is stunned by her lack of interest for the parcel.
	www.scifiscripts.com /msol/LEON.txt (7801 words)

	Tony Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Anthony James Leon (born 15 December 1956) is a South African (A native or inhabitant of South Africa) politician and the leader of the Democratic Alliance (additional info and facts about Democratic Alliance), South Africa's main opposition party.
		In 1974 he became an organiser for the Progressive Party (A former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose), the more liberal of South Africa's only two legal opposition parties of the time.
		After the 1994 general elections (additional info and facts about 1994 general elections), Leon was again elected to Parliament in the first democratic National Assembly (additional info and facts about National Assembly), as well as leader of the Democratic Party.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/tony_leon.htm (480 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| White leader's darker shade of pale
		Mr Leon and his party have moved quickly to shrug off speculation that this could be a subtle attempt to win over fl and coloured voters.
		Mr Leon's spokesperson Ryan Coetzee said he was "greatly amused" by the media speculation.
		While it is unlikely Mr Leon's party really did think a new look would make a big difference to the polls, he will need help if he is to break into the ANC vote bank when the municipal elections take place on 5 December.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/998956.stm (427 words)

	G21 AFRICA - "Ten Years of Democracy"
		Most people have difficulty pining down Tony Leon's politics, but I think it is safe to say what he actually represents is a paradigmatic example of the liberal mind in all its dodgy enthusiasms.
		Tony Leon's political sympathies [could be taken as] just a counteracting strategy for responding to the conciliatory political approach of ANC politics.
		Leon would like to ignore this for specious "common values." What is common between a person living in a township shack and Tony Leon in his white suburb if he won't even acknowledge that the attitude of acquisition is chiefly responsible for their plight?
	www.g21.net /africa61.html (1458 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Africa's first online newspaper: TONY LEON TO TALK ON NEPAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tony Leon comes from that school of thought which says before Africa can receive anything from the West it has to fix all its political problems.
		Tony Leon does not seem to realise that behind evry major problem in Africa is either a European or American.
		Tony Leon has to come face to face with the truth and tell the world that Africa's progress has been slowed by the interference and intervention of Western powers in our affairs.
	forum.mg.co.za /showthreaded.php?Number=76738 (547 words)

	ANC STATEMENT ON TONY LEON'S OUTBURST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tony Leon must stop politicizing what is purely a criminal matter.
		Tony Leon must tell the world why he saw nothing wrong in the DA appointing Judge Heath to investigate the issue of the renaming of streets in Cape Town, and yet sees a lot wrong in the appointment of Judge Desai to look into the alleged underhand dealings between the DA and Jurgen Harksen.
		Tony Leon must stop behaving like a cow suffering from Foot and Mouth disease, which moves from place to place, frothing from the mouth and in the process spreading the virus.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/pr/2002/pr0527a.html (380 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Africa's first online newspaper: Eintlik, who is this man called Tony Leon? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They (the righwingers) think Tony Leon is their saviour to deliver them from "Black danger" or at least offer some semblance of resistance through his "fight back" campaign.
		Leon reassured readers that "more than equal success was given to the four main contestants"-as in a beauty pageant?-"to put their message across to the electorate".
		I think it is disingenuous of Tony Leon to turn around and say the ANC has destroyed jobs when our economy has been so resilient and jobs continue to be created (except that they require people with skills).
	mgforum.mweb.co.za /showflat.php?Board=talkb&Number=83127 (2097 words)

	Media Releases 2004
		Leon’s speech are examined in their entirety, it is evident that there was no advocacy of hatred in the speech.
		Leon did not suggest in anyway that certain people or segments of the population be subjected to hatred.
		Leon's utterances are protected by this section is now a moot point in as much as the Commission makes a finding that the utterances do not constitute hate speech as contemplated in Sec.16(2)(c) of the Constitution.
	www.sahrc.org.za /sahrc_cms/publish/article_159.shtml (675 words)

	TIME Europe \| South Africa: The Legacy That Won't Die \| 8/28/2000
		Leon was especially critical of the appointment to the national aids advisory panel of "dissident" scientists who hold the view that hiv and aids are not linked.
		Leon said last week he would submit Mbeki's speech to the national Human Rights Commission conference as "a prime and blatant example of the abusive misuse of racism as a political tool." Behind Mbeki's remarks, he said, was a clear tactic to use "dangerous racial stereotyping" to malign his opponents and win populist support.
		Leon, a popular young liberal leader, says the only effective guarantee of democracy in South Africa is to reduce the A.N.C. to less than 50% of the vote (now it has almost 66%).
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0828/safrica.html (730 words)

	Bahai News -- Wyndham Hartley Bisiness Day - DA spearheads new presidential pardon legislation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leon said the procedure used to grant the pardons was not sufficiently transparent and the bill sought to ensure that the victims were consulted before pardons were granted.
		Leon explained that the bill was based on the law produced by Orrin Hatch in the US after then president Bill Clinton had pardoned 176 people shortly before leaving office.
		Leon said that he was aware that the president had the power to approve pardons without reference to the justice minister, and hence without taking the bill into account.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/2003/030522.html (592 words)

	Mathilda: Leon 2
		LEON If I open my envelope and find that it is a female or child, I cannot fulfil the contract.
		Tony picks up a set of keys, kisses Mathilda, Then picks up a suitcase that was sitting on one of the chairs.
		Leon looks at himself in the mirror, unlids a shaving foam tin, takes some out, puts it on his face.
	www.simplyscripts.com /scripts/leon2.html (8609 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Tony Leon visits Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Senior Democratic Alliance officials, including leader Tony Leon, arrived in Zimbabwe on Sunday night to assess the continuous economic and political crisis in that country, Leon's office said on Monday.
		Leon would meet, among others, representatives of the the United Nations World Food Programme, corruption watchdog Transparency International, and Zimbabwe's Commercial Farmers' Union.
		Hazell said Leon would also tour several commercials farms and the affected farmers in a bid to find out about the state of commercial farming in Zimbabwe.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/3498.htm (277 words)

	Léon - The Professional Script
		LEON No. Always take it off at the last moment, because of light reflections.
		LEON Here, this is the light amplificator for night shooting.
		TONY I'll explain you, Léon: they'll ask you to fill in a lot of forms and you can't write and they'll ask you your job, your employer's name and you can't tell them: "My job, I'm a hitman and my employer is Tony, his record is longer than his restaurant's menu".
	www.geocities.com /formathilda/script.html (1897 words)

	IOL: Has Tony Leon reached his sell-by date?
		Leon had apparently been warned not to attack Independent Democrats leader Patricia De Lille, but had decided not to heed that advice on the basis that he could control the fall-out.
		Leon chose to call one of the key architects of the new South Africa, former President FW de Klerk, a "double-crosser" when the Nobel Peace laureate endorsed the ANC-NNP relationship early in the election campaign.
		Leon once again showed scant respect for Mbeki's person or office and it is no secret that the feeling is mutual from Mbeki's side.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20040417101324440C698403&set_id=1 (1463 words)

	Reshuffling
		Tony would be in his old stained apron and a sweaty work clothes, idly wringing a dish towel in his calloused hands.
		Leon was in a sprint for the door as he re-shuffled the possible scenario inside the pizzaria.
		Leon was sure he had seen one of the mafia boys' cars when he walked up the street.
	pages.prodigy.net /ted.brengle/reshuffling.html (1797 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Leon, NNP agree on defamation settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon and the New National Party (NNP) on Monday agreed on an out-of-court settlement regarding Leon's moves to sue the NNP, plus two of its top officials, for defamation.
		At the end of May last year, Schoeman issued a statement that bore the headline "Tony Leon is a political swindler".
		It said Leon's "personal involvement in the Harksen scandal has unmasked the real Tony Leon: a political swindler who may well have been involved in serious corruption".
	iafrica.com /news/sa/229128.htm (577 words)

	The Democratic Alliance
		Tony Leon has been a committed and lifelong champion of liberal democracy in South Africa.
		In 1999, he became leader of the Official Opposition, committing his party to the consolidation of the opposition.
		The formation of the Democratic Alliance, under Tony Leon's leadership, is the first step in that consolidation process.
	www.da.org.za /da/Site/Eng/People/Leadership/Leader.asp (247 words)

	ANC'S RESPONSE TO TONY LEON'S SPEECH AT THE BELLVILLE SOUTH CIVIC CENTRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tony Leon seems to have resurrected himself from the woes faced by the DA by doing a "side show shadow state of the nation address" at the Bellville South Civic Centre last night.
		Leon's irresponsible attention seeking antics are unmatched in South African politics.
		Leon speaks about the difference between power and democracy as if he knows the meaning of those words.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/pr/2002/pr0206.html (751 words)

	Anthony James (Tony) Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tony Leon was born on 15 December 1956 in Durban.
		He was born to Sheila Schulz and Ramon Leon.
		Leon went on to register a law degree with the University of Witwatersrand.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/leon-aj.htm (181 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Africa's first online newspaper: TONY LEON OVERRATES HIMSELF AND HIS DA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		South Africa's notorious political megalomaniacs, Chief Buthelezi and DA leader Tony Leon, are teaming together to 'cut the ANC to size'.
		Tony Leon and the DA do not have any credibility to make promises when they cannot even fulfil simple promises.
		It is not the Mr Leon and the DA care about the poor.
	forum.mg.co.za /showthreaded.php?Number=96724 (772 words)

	AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> All the ideal actors in the same movie.
		Stephen Chow who looks a bit like Tony Leung plays Tony Leung's brother who is working as a stand up comedian in a nightclub when suddenly in burst Leon and Tony to take down an extremely powerful mafia boss of another faction but fail and they had to run for their lives.
		Jordan Chan who is the forever strict and follow by the rule book police, and who grew up with Leon and Tony but parted way when he entered the police academy, tip off the two runaways about the kidnappings.
		Leon of course is willing to help his buddy to save the girls, but unwittingly, exposed his secret love for Karena Lam for the last 5 years.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1549 (499 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Africa's first online newspaper: TONY LEON THE RIGHTWING FANATIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But Tony Leon thinks it is kosher to critisize the ANC and government on his fundraising trips abroad.
		Most people have come to realise that Tony Leon and the DA have nothing to offer South Africa other than predictable kneejerk reactions to what the ANC is doing and hogwash.
		I hope historians will be able to determine why it was so easy for Tony Leon to yank off support from all these conservative and racist parties when he is supposed to be a liberal dyed in the wool.
	mgforum.mweb.co.za /showflat.php?Cat=&Board=talkb&Number=78167&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=all (5895 words)

	AFLMedia.com - Official Gamebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		6-DODSON, Tony kickoff 58 yards to the GRR-8, touchback.
		N 2-5 N10 14-MURRAY, Leon rush to the NAS13, fumble forced by 88-BURKS, Dialleo, fumble by 14-MURRAY, Leon recovered by GRR 34-AVERY, Chris at NAS14.
		N 3-2 N21 14-MURRAY, Leon rush to the NAS21, fumble by 14-MURRAY, Leon recovered by NAS 14-MURRAY, Leon at NAS21 (34-AVERY, Chris).
	www.aflmedia.com /gamebook.cfm?book=NAS0507 (3480 words)

	Cape Argus - Tony Leon's race card bluff has been called
		Tony Leon has once again accused the ANC of using the race card to boost its popularity in the eyes of the misinformed and uneducated.
		What Leon fails to realise is that more and more people are able to judge for themselves the difference between racism and the race card, thanks to our democratic
		Just mention anything related to the fair distribution of jobs based on the fact that 80% of the population is of darker hue, and we have the evil little race card.
	www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=463&fArticleId=180017 (532 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		[Tony Leon is so pleased that the ANC is taking some of their ideas - supposedly to implement them.
		Leon -- who joined his then official opposition Democratic Party to the New National Party (NNP) five years ago on Friday, said: "Even from outside government, we have managed to make a difference to the lives of ordinary South Africans.
		But taking a stab at the ANC, Leon says his party supported the promotion of broad-based fl economic empowerment [BEE] and employee-share-ownership schemes "that benefit the many, not just an elite few," and that this had "also resulted in a noticeable shift in the way BEE deals are conducted".
	www.africancrisis.org /NewsView.asp?Rec=5328&EID=0 (450 words)

	Tony Leon's remarks about Manuel not hate speech : Mail & Guardian Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She accused Leon of hate speech in violation of Section 16(2) of the Constitution.
		Leon's speech was broadcast on news slots on various television channels.
		The commission also suggested Leon's utterances could be protected by the Constitutions' provisions for freedom of expression, although it did not explore this issue.
	www.mg.co.za /articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national&articleid=136901 (512 words)

	Democratic Alliance
		Since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s president in May 1994, Tony Leon has led the Democratic Party (DP) in parliament.
		In four years he has taken the DP from the edge of political extinction to the centre of political debate and massively increased voter support.
		This book contains a selection of Tony Leon’s speeches and writings, covering the critical issues involved in the transition from apartheid to the new democratic order.
	www.da.org.za /DA/Site/Eng/Shop/Product.asp?productID=3&categoryID=5 (229 words)

	Last Safe Place
		Leon Medica, the group's bass player and producer, attributes part of the group's current enthusiasm to their connection with RCA: "These people understand our music." That enthusiasm is reflected in Last Safe Place's high spirits.
		Tony Haselden (guitarist) joined the group soon after their signing by Capitol Records in 1977.
		Changing their name to Louisiana's Le Roux (the state name was appended for legal reasons but was later dropped), the band released their first album, Louisiana's Le Roux, in the spring of 1978, it yielded a top 40 single, "New Orleans Ladies," which hit #1 in several markets around the country.
	www.laleroux.com /lastplace.html (656 words)

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