I Thought I knew a Liberal!
by Hannes Wessels In a thought provoking Spectator article some years ago ( 5th. February 2005) Andrew Kenny asks what defines ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ wing, what is a ‘Liberal’ and…
The Boat People; An embarrassing solution.
by Hannes Wessels Humanitarian crises are unfolding at both the top and the bottom end of Africa. ‘Down South’ anti-foreigner violence threatens to tear the country apart as the flow…
Boris Johnson is mostly right but wrong about Tony Blair on Zimbabwe.
by Hannes Wessels London mayor Boris Johnson recently wrote a thought provoking piece on the reason for the Zimbabwe land seizures and laid the blame firmly at the feet of…
Brendon de Jonge; Big Man and a Big Heart.
by Hannes Wessels Following a rich tradition Brendon de Jonge is the latest Zimbabwean to flirt with greatness on the fairways of the golf-world. With Nick Price, Tony Johnstone and…
Cecil Rhodes; Yesterday’s Hero.
by Hannes Wessels When his name’s mentioned it has become frightfully fashionable to speak of Cecil Rhodes in derogatory terms. Arch capitalist, imperialist, misogynist and racist; in today’s world it…
Terror on the Zambezi
by Hannes Wessels Their trip had been a happy one and the sights they had come in search of had filled their cameras. The vista ahead offered more of the…
Terror on the Zambezi
by Hannes Wessels Their trip had been a happy one and the sights they had come in search of had filled their cameras. The vista ahead offered more of the…
Wayne Williamson; my scrap with a leopard.
by Hannes Wessels Ask any PH who’s wandered through those parts and he’ll doubtless tell you the wild country south of Lake Cabora Bassa in central Mozambique is not a…
The Last Protectors; the history of The National Parks Department
by Hannes Wessels As the decimation of wildlife throughout Africa gathers pace it seems certain that, barring an intervention of miraculous proportions there will soon be little left to fret…
Mrs Phombeya’s toe; how the media fuels the fires of racial division
by Hannes Wessels Watching the human tragedy unfold in Ferguson comes with an awful sense of déjà vu for me. As a child, in the early 60’s I remember the…