Nchindo's demise compared to Marie Antoinette's

The question that has kept lingering in the minds a of many is: how could such a man, who had occupied many lofty positions depart this world in such a humbling manner? While the events leading to the former Debswana managing director's death keep on unfolding in the local media, the parallels between Nchindo and another person whose life has fascinated people for years, Queen Marie Antoinette of France are shocking. Both figures led lives of opulence, they were influential because of the positions they held, interestingly Marie Antoinette was married to a Louis and both exited the world in a way that had even their greatest enemies feeling sorry for them.

While there are so many parallels, there have been clear contrasts too. Marie Antoinette was born into a royal family and married into one, while Nchindo was just an ordinary Motswana. The French Queen died while she was relatively young while the former MD died at the ripe old age of 69 years. One was a white woman, while the other was a black man.