ext_65438 ([identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] redbird 2008-10-01 10:07 pm (UTC)

Paul Kruger is on the Krugerrand. I think it's amusing that the ANC government is striking coins with a hero of the Boer resistance on them, rather than change the design.

Then again, I suppose it's all about reconciliation, and history (and perhaps marketing). I don't mind his being on the coins--and having roads and streets named after him and other heroes of the old regime--but the irony is certainly there.

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