Kagame, Trump, money and delusions of grandeur
Apparently, what is good for the American goose is not good for the South African gander
09 February 2025 - 00:00
Is there any political aphorism more tediously overused than “a week is a long time in politics”? Attributed to to Harold Wilson — Britain’s two-term Labour prime minister — he is said to have uttered these words at a lobby briefing for journalists during the country’s 1964 sterling currency crisis...
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