Celebrating The Shackles
Hannes Wessels In an odd way, looking back, I think I was fortunate to have grown up in Rhodesia. Thanks to that experience I was introduced early to what is…
South Africa On the Edge; the Root of the Problem.
Hannes Wessels A fortnight ago, Helen Zille, former Democratic Alliance Leader and Western Cape Premier, published an article that was an intriguing, some might say patronising, defence of disgraced former…
The Fall of General Smuts
Hannes Wessels So consistently troubling is the news that reaches us daily, both home and abroad, I have reached the sorry stage where I am too scared to look. I…
Good Racism and Bad Racism
Hannes Wessels Just as we are told there is ‘good cholesterol’ and there is ‘bad cholesterol’, recent events in sport seem to show there is also ‘good racism’ and ‘bad…
In Africa Black Lives DON’T matter
Hannes Wessels We are probably few in number but for those of us Africans, of all races, who have long been hoping something would change for the better, the future…
Cricket and Corruption
Hannes Wessels There has been tremendous publicity and angry vitriol surrounding a recent admission of guilt by former Zimbabwean cricket captain Heath Streak regarding his conduct and association with an…
Mass Media Madness
Hannes Wessels Over the last few days I have received, from a number of people some of the most shocking video clips I have ever seen. When I say I…
Mozambique Mayhem; Where Wokists Meet Jihadists
HANNES WESSELS I suppose it is the mindset-madness of the ‘woke world’ we find ourselves in that has come into play recently here in southern Africa, but we are presently…
Extreme Perfidy
by Hannes Wessels As far as I can ascertain I don’t have any British blood running through my veins. My family has been in Africa for almost 400 years so…
The End of Donald Trump
by Hannes Wessels Most people I know are thrilled the Trump era is over. And watching his performance in his final days they may be right; but with him gone…