Lament for a Hero.
Hannes Wessels, I have known John ‘Jungle’ Jordan from school-days. He was senior to me so we were not close but I remember him so well from those times. Powerfully…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Spineless Cyril was at it again last week when he suspended (not fired) the Police Commissioner, who has been giving damning evidence at the Madlanga Commission.…
‘Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran’, Senator John McCain
Hannes Wessels, Credible reports indicate the US Navy is in trouble patrolling the Straits of Hormuz as Iranian drones coming in from all angles on select targets are stretching the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The whole country waited with baited breath on Thursday morning to hear what the sentence that was to be meted out to Julius Malema by the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, In my absence, the two biggest stories to emerge from South Africa were the intensifying political tensions ahead of the upcoming elections, and the ongoing economic…
The Constitution as Instrument: The Warning the Rhodesians Tried to Give.
Andrew Field | South of the African Equator | April 2026 Bertrand Russell, writing with characteristic precision about the dangers of Marxist political philosophy, once identified what he considered its…
Around and around we go …
By Angus Shaw, It’s all spinning out of control but those who can unspin it either can’t or won’t. Here in my lil’ ol’ home town prices have got to…
The Illusion of Stability: Why the ZiG Is Not What It Seems
By Andrew Field Zimbabwe’s currency looks calm on the surface, but beneath it, the currents of mistrust run deep. There is a tendency within government to treat the apparent stability…
The Mirage of Muzarabani: The Distance Between Discovery and Delivery
By Andrew Field The Muzarabani gas discovery is being presented to Zimbabweans as a moment of arrival, a geological vindication that the country sits atop untapped energy wealth capable of…
Copper’s Double Edge: Zambia’s Sovereignty and Its Dependencies
By Andrew Field Zambia is once again being carried forward on the familiar promise that copper will lead the way in funding development. It’s a resource that will anchor sovereignty…