The Congo, The Colonials, And The Lies.
Hannes Wessels, I must confess I have been unable to stop chuckling about the furore caused by recent pronouncements made by UK billionaire businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe. There was instant…
The Seven Year Itch: Parliament, Power and the Road to 2030
By Andrew Field Zimbabwe is once again in the midst of constitutional surgery. Cabinet has approved a package of amendments that would alter the way executive power is acquired and…
A Watchdog in Darkness: The Baden-Clay Case and Queensland’s Debt to Justice
By Will Keys In every functioning democracy there is an expectation—quiet, steady, almost instinctive—that public watchdogs operate above fear, favour, and fashion. Their legitimacy does not come from popularity but…
Epstein Affair: From Predator to Political Myth
By Andrew Field The Jeffrey Epstein affair has really become a theatre of excess, marked by speculation, seldom certainty, but much moral posturing in excess measure. It is no longer…