I Thought I knew a Liberal!
by Hannes Wessels In a thought provoking Spectator article some years ago ( 5th. February 2005) Andrew Kenny asks what defines ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ … Read more →
The Boat People; An embarrassing solution.
by Hannes Wessels Humanitarian crises are unfolding at both the top and the bottom end of Africa. ‘Down South’ anti-foreigner violence threatens to tear the … Read more →
Rhodes and UCT; Inexcusable and Execrable
by Dale Kenmuir So, the poople – sorry, I mean people – have vented again. RHODES THE COLONIALIST MUST GO! By poop … Read more →
Boris Johnson is mostly right but wrong about Tony Blair on Zimbabwe.
by Hannes Wessels London mayor Boris Johnson recently wrote a thought provoking piece on the reason for the Zimbabwe land seizures and laid the … Read more →
In Defense of Glenn McGrath
by Hannes Wessels Since the beginning of time men have hunted; over millenniums, millions of men have killed millions of animals. It is the … Read more →
“Slew”
by Steven Abramowitz Fredrick Courtney Selous was the bugger who owned Rhodesia before Uncle Cecil (who really was a bugger) bought it with some … Read more →
Brendon de Jonge; Big Man and a Big Heart.
by Hannes Wessels Following a rich tradition Brendon de Jonge is the latest Zimbabwean to flirt with greatness on the fairways of the golf-world. With … Read more →
The Boer Rebellion that Failed.
by Martin Redfern Twelve years after the Treaty of Vereeniging ended, the Anglo-Boer War in 1902, a second state of war raised its head in … Read more →
Cecil Rhodes; Yesterday’s Hero.
by Hannes Wessels When his name’s mentioned it has become frightfully fashionable to speak of Cecil Rhodes in derogatory terms. Arch capitalist, imperialist, misogynist … Read more →
Mauled by a Lion in the Luangwa Valley
by Hannes Wessels Shaun Reeve sat in the blind, huddled against the cold night air. Fourteen hard days and long nights had taken their … Read more →