Buthelezi says no to poll offer
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Your support makes all the difference.With eight days left to register for South Africa's first all-race election, the Zulu leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, dismissed a government concession aimed at securing his participation, Reuter reports from Johannesburg.
Mr Buthelezi said the government's offer of a separate regional ballot was not enough to draw him into the election. He said the climbdown showed that more concessions were possible.
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