Open Stories From Carnoustie
by Hannes Wessels With The Open Championship to be held at Carnoustie looming large on the golfing calendar it’s of interest to reflect on some of the memorable events that…
Ashwin Willemse; Who Was Victimised?
by Hannes Wessels So a month after the celebrated tantrum when Ashwin Willemse stormed off a live Super Sport broadcast, a report is finally out. Immediately after the incident, which…
Clem Coetzee; Master of the Game.
Hannes Wessels I wrote this article many years ago when Clem was still alive and almost by accident picked it up on Facebook. I find it hard to believe it…
Lords of the Lies; David Owen and Peter Carrington.
by Hannes Wessels It’s nearly forty years since Rhodesia disappeared into history and the country became Zimbabwe. What followed was thirty-seven years of bloodshed, economic mayhem and catastrophic corruption. This…
Slavery; The Inconvenient Truth
by Hannes Wessels As a father of two impressionable teenage girls I am having a tough and at times frustrating time trying to undo the damage done at school in…
In African Politics Crime Sure Pays
by Hannes Wessels Reading Jacques Pauw’s explosive new book, “The Presidents Keepers” is depressing, enlightening and terrifying. The scale of corruption and state-sanctioned criminality in the Republic of South Africa…
Poor Robert Mugabe
by Hannes Wessels After 37 years of brutally destructive rule it looks like the curtain may finally be coming down on the Mugabe regime. Military coups are seldom welcome but…
The ‘Coffin Case’ and the joys of hating ‘Boers’.
by Hannes Wessels In South Africa the mood across the media and political spectrum is one of jubilation. On Wednesday last week the Finance Minister announced the country was bankrupt…
Are Trump-Haters Unwell?
by Hannes Wessels Jeremy Clarke in his Spectator, ‘Lowlife’ column raises a very interesting question with regard to people who are anti-Trump and asks if “.. this hatred..” of the…
The Real ‘Nazis’ of the Left
by Hannes Wessels The West has probably never been more polarised along political and ideological grounds than it is today. The accession to power of Donald Trump has dangerously divided…