Time waits for no man, or woman — even a queen, as Marie Antoinette found to her cost amid the tumult of the French Revolution in the late 18th century. France’s last queen was to have received the "most complicated and most sophisticated" watch possible back in 1783 at the behest of an admirer.
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/ 6 November 2007
President Thabo Mbeki says the name Bafana Bafana is unfit for the national soccer team. The president seems to think the name should carry with it the notion of a formidable foe, and ”boys boys” doesn’t quite do it. Mbeki’s remarks may be valid, but they beg the question: why should the president concern himself with such matters, asks Mahmood Sanglay.