The Core Conflict: Why the West and Iran Cannot Easily Reconcile
by Will Keys The real tension between the United States and Iran runs deeper than nuclear weapons, proxies, or oil. It stems from a fundamental clash between two opposing worldviews:…
The Rule of Law
Hannes Wessels, Growing up in Rhodesia I remember a police force, the British South Africa Police (BSAP), that was highly respected by the majority of people, and magistrates and judges…
Messaging by Machete: The Death Cult Feeding on Cabo Delgado
By Andrew Field Mozambique is beginning to resemble a managed emergency rather than a counter-insurgency. The distinction matters because counter-insurgencies are supposed to end. Managed emergencies become permanent systems. They…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again The news of the day, of the week, of the year is the ruling by the Constitutional Court, last Friday, that the Parliamentary clearing of President…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Our municipal elections are scheduled for the 4th of November. These are the first local government elections where uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) will be contesting. The…
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…