The Rule of Law
Hannes Wessels, Growing up in Rhodesia I remember a police force, the British South Africa Police (BSAP), that was highly respected by the majority of people, and magistrates and judges…
Lament for a Hero.
Hannes Wessels, I have known John ‘Jungle’ Jordan from school-days. He was senior to me so we were not close but I remember him so well from those times. Powerfully…
‘Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran’, Senator John McCain
Hannes Wessels, Credible reports indicate the US Navy is in trouble patrolling the Straits of Hormuz as Iranian drones coming in from all angles on select targets are stretching the…
Trump Troubles
Hannes Wessels, I seem to spend a lot of time swimming against the political tide. Over the years I’ve had countless arguments with people who loathed Donald Trump while I…
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…
‘Spooks’ of the ‘Struggle Years’.
Hannes Wessels, As someone who has read and written quite extensively about the history of Rhodesia and then Zimbabwe, a recent article by James MacManus in the ‘Christmas Edition’ of…
The Climate-Change Fraudsters.
Hannes Wessels, Twenty one years ago ‘The Guardian’, that fountain of fake news, published an article based on a Pentagon report which helped drive the ‘Global Warming’ hysteria then sweeping…
Trump and the BBC
Hannes Wessels, What surprises me about the recent revelation that the BBC had deliberately edited the Trump speech delivered on January 6th, 2020, when protestors stormed the Capitol, to make…
Older, No Wiser
Britain’s Political ‘Establishment’ Hannes Wessels, It with some bemusement I read recently, in an article written by Professor Michael Evans who lectures at the Australian Defence College, of the panic…
The Trump Haters; What Now?
by Hannes Wessels Ever since Donald Trump came onto the political stage over ten years ago I have found myself engaged in verbal combat with countless people, many of whom…