Marie Antoinette
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An elite detached from daily struggles
When workers marched and criticised the macroeconomic direction under Minister Trevor Manuel, it was never about personalities. It was about policy. It was about defending jobs,…
Marie Antoinette watch unveiled — just 200 years late
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…
Seeking normal sport in an abnormal society
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…