Africa is Burning
Hannes Wessels, Only through listening, reading and learning from experience over many years have I become an unrepentant sceptic when it comes to the received wisdom of the time; the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, This week has been a news-frenzy time with day after day delivering huge political stories. On Friday and Saturday Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki spoke at…
“The Minister for Los Angeles County Schools will address His Majesty King Charles III shortly”
Simon Lincoln Reader, We’ve heard the c-word a lot this week, much of it deliberate mispronunciation of Jeremy Hunt’s surname. But after today, not a single member of C…erm, Hunt’s…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, When the DA discovered that Cyril had secretly amended the ministerial handbook to give his bloated cabinet even more perks—free electricity and water, as much as…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The City Press newspaper on Sunday led with the story of Cyril’s (our) grossly bloated cabinet comprising 62 Ministers & Deputies. The mean size average of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Eskom’s new board, sabotage at certain plants and the bugging of Andre de Ruyter’s vehicle (with a powerful device not available on the open market) have…
Steve on Sunday Sometimes (SOSS)
Sunday 2 October 2022 Steve Lunderstedt, Greetings my fellow health and heritage fanatics, Before getting to the good news, some bad news. The magnificent Digger’s Memorial in the Oppenheimer Gardens,…