Ross the Lion-Heart
by Hannes Wessels Ross Hildebrand died in Mutare on the 14th September. Another chip falls from the solid old block that buttressed a once great country. This is not an…
Gentlemen’s Clubs; End of an Era.
by Hannes Wessels As the Anglo-Saxon heterosexual male slides inexorably into some sort of guilt-ridden oblivion so do his institutions and this includes the gentlemen’s clubs that once provided a…
Mischief Afoot in America
by Hannes Wessels Here in South Africa Donald Trump is widely loathed so once again I find myself a little out on a limb when so much as asking why…
How Boris and Britain can help Africa
by Hannes Wessels It’s almost 60 since Ghana became independent from Britain. The world was jubilant as the sun began to set on the age of European imperialism. ‘African Nationalism’,…
Was Harold Wilson a Soviet Agent?
by Hannes Wessels In my book ‘A Handful of Hard Men’ I touched on the possibility that British Prime Minister Harold Wilson may have been a Soviet agent. In the…
Old Soldiers who Saved a Wildlife Sanctuary
by Hannes Wessels Darrell Watt arrived in the Kafue region of western Zambia in 2003 to take over management of a large tract of wilderness on the eastern boundary of…
The ‘Bloody Breeteesh’!
by Hannes Wessels I must confess I’m envious of Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. Obviously the man does not get embarrassed easily. Most people with his pedigree and political history…
Re post – Taki (The Spectator) – In praise of Rhodesia
HIGH LIFE Shame on those white liberals who paint white Rhodesians as oppressors while supporting murdering maniacs like Mugabe. Taki 16 July 2016 9:00 AM The Spectator readers’ party was…
Re post – >Reader: Reviewing ‘A Handful of Hard Men’ – The day Zim’s spine snapped.
The traditional view on those that tend to ignore history is that they’re set to repeat it. But in Simon Reader’s assessment of Hannes Wessels’ book – A Handful of…
Lessons Based on Lies.
by Hannes Wessels Having two daughters at school in the modern age certainly has its challenges. They say this is simply history repeating itself and parents have, since the beginning…