Ramaphosa; Saint or Sinner?
by Hannes Wessels Last week we were witness to the wretched sight of a public auction of movable assets taking place on farms now ‘owned’ by the Mugabe family under…
‘The Economist’ and South Africa
by Hannes Wessels They say crime doesn’t pay but it sure as hell does in South Africa. The ANC has been running the country for 25 years now, they have…
A Bad Week For Christians
by Hannes Wessels On one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar, Christians will look back on the events of the past week with little cheer. Apart from the…
To Cull Or Not To Cull?
by Hannes Wessels With anger I reacted to the recent headline-news regarding the ongoing and contentious issue of whether to cull elephant or not cull them. We here in Africa…
The Breaking of Britain.
by Hannes Wessels I’m no fan of English politicians, having been on the receiving end of their deceit and moral cowardice when they deemed it expedient to abandon principle and…
Southern Africa Sinking
by Hannes Wessels Last week cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique and caused the worst natural disaster to hit the sub-continent in living memory. Beira, the country’s second biggest city and…
Helen Zille: Unsung Heroine
by Hannes Wessels With the sun setting on her stellar political career, there may be no contemporary politician who has done more good for more people for less reward than…
Louis Botha: A Man Apart
by Hannes Wessels Reading Richard Steyn’s excellent account (Louis Botha: A Man Apart) of the life and times of General Louis Botha was enlightening, enjoyable but also saddening. Despite the…
Why Can’t We Be Like The Kenyans?
by Hannes Wessels My infatuation with Kenya goes back almost 50 years to my early teens when I first read Robert Ruark’s African classics; Something of Value and Uhuru. Enthralled…
The Brits; Prime Partners On Zimbabwe’s Road To Ruin.
by Hannes Wessels This last week saw the broken people of Zimbabwe being being gunned down and beaten into merciless submission by goons deployed by a poorly disguised Junta determined…