Perhaps the God that populist Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie believes in so fervently does indeed exist – and she does work in mysterious ways. The Venice Biennale, from which McKenzie had prevented artist Gabrielle Goliath’s Elegy from representing South Africa because it allegedly affronted his pro-Israel sensibilities, can be a noisy…
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European stocks finished Thursday in negative territory as investors await the outcome of reports that Washington and Tehran are nearing an agreement to end the war. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index…