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Zuma hotline inundated with calls

Source: News 24
Johannesburg : South Africa | 2 months ago  
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President Jacob Zuma's complaints hotline received 7 261 calls between 9am and noon -- or 40 calls a minute -- on its first day on Monday, his office said. "We are experiencing high call volumes and are spending the day sorting out various glitches," Zuma's spokesperson Vusi Mona said in...
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