The Week That Was
by the Editors Mild euphoria swept some of South Africa following news of electoral losses suffered by the ruling ANC in the local government elections. Even if this does not…
Mischief Afoot in America
by Hannes Wessels Here in South Africa Donald Trump is widely loathed so once again I find myself a little out on a limb when so much as asking why…
How Boris and Britain can help Africa
by Hannes Wessels It’s almost 60 since Ghana became independent from Britain. The world was jubilant as the sun began to set on the age of European imperialism. ‘African Nationalism’,…
The Week That Was
by the Editors Surely there is hope for South Africa. The dreaded Economic Freedom Front (EFF) led by Julius Malema hit the hustings promising a land of milk and honey…
Was Harold Wilson a Soviet Agent?
by Hannes Wessels In my book ‘A Handful of Hard Men’ I touched on the possibility that British Prime Minister Harold Wilson may have been a Soviet agent. In the…
Black Lives Matter Perspective
The main stream media should be criminally charged for not telling the public the truth, omitting biased opinions and helping destroy and divide our country. Hello. Don’t recognize me? That’s…
The Week that Was
The Editors In the ‘Dark Continent’ we have become used to the selective application of the law. A system that was designed to regulate and moderate behaviour of the citizenry…
Old Soldiers who Saved a Wildlife Sanctuary
by Hannes Wessels Darrell Watt arrived in the Kafue region of western Zambia in 2003 to take over management of a large tract of wilderness on the eastern boundary of…
The Week That Was
The Editors The immediate UK media reaction to the stabbing to death of an American women and the wounding of five others in London was to emphatically tell the word…
Trump getting Thumped
by Hannes Wessels Below is an article I wrote four years ago when the press initially hammered the Trumps after an African hunting safari. This has now erupted again as…