The King Is A Thief
by Hannes Wessels Many years ago, at the height of the Zimbabwe land invasions, I raised the issue of British responsibility for the ongoing tragedy with other concerned individuals and…
Lamenting The End Of Laughter
by Hannes Wessels ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me’. This old adage is something I remember from my earliest childhood and in the…
‘RUDE’. by Katie Hopkins.
by Hannes Wessels The title of this book should not have been ‘Rude,’ but ‘Bloody Rude’, because it is; but it is also bloody funny and it is also sad,…
The Trouble With ‘Experts’.
by Hannes Wessels In times of tumult, when events are unfolding fast, I have a method for gauging current issues. I don’t enjoy doing it, but I go to the…
A Hunter’s Story of Saving a Wilderness
by Hannes Wessels Barrie Duckworth may have shot more elephant than any man alive today. It is a part of his life that he does not regret, nor does he…
“Rhodes’ Ghost”
by Hannes Wessels I don’t know how many books have been written about Cecil John Rhodes, but Duncan Clarke’s magisterial, ‘Rhodes’ Ghost’ might be close to the final word on…
Confused About Corona
by Hannes Wessels Mass hysteria grips the world as a crisis unprecedented in history grips the globe; stock-markets are crashing, businesses are closing, sporting events are being cancelled, schools and…
The Culture Wars
Hannes Wessels On pain of being branded a ‘racist’ and a propagator of ‘hate-speech’, I have a problem dealing with the fact we have all been told in no uncertain…
When Race Trumps Merit
by Hannes Wessels On the surface, if one surveys the societal landscape of South Africa, one would probably be correct in concluding that, from a racial point of view, the…
A Small Town in Africa
by Hannes Wessels US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently lashed out on the campaign trail thus: “We have a racist society from top to bottom impacting health care, housing, criminal…