'Blade' causes waves in S. Africa
Party chief's luxury car, love of fine wine trigger debates
Posted: September 13, 2009 at 8:17 a.m.
Speaking recently on Nelson Mandela Day, the chief of South Africa's Communist Party urged citizens to stick to values of equality and selflessness. He sometimes sports a Mao-style cap, and as minister of higher education, he's called for revolutionary content in university schooling.
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