Africa is Burning
Hannes Wessels, Only through listening, reading and learning from experience over many years have I become an unrepentant sceptic when it comes to the received wisdom of the time; the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, This week has been a news-frenzy time with day after day delivering huge political stories. On Friday and Saturday Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki spoke at…
“The Minister for Los Angeles County Schools will address His Majesty King Charles III shortly”
Simon Lincoln Reader, We’ve heard the c-word a lot this week, much of it deliberate mispronunciation of Jeremy Hunt’s surname. But after today, not a single member of C…erm, Hunt’s…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, When the DA discovered that Cyril had secretly amended the ministerial handbook to give his bloated cabinet even more perks—free electricity and water, as much as…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The City Press newspaper on Sunday led with the story of Cyril’s (our) grossly bloated cabinet comprising 62 Ministers & Deputies. The mean size average of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Eskom’s new board, sabotage at certain plants and the bugging of Andre de Ruyter’s vehicle (with a powerful device not available on the open market) have…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Ramaphosa rushed back from London after the Queen’s funeral to attend to the electricity crisis. The ‘dramatic’ news he shared with us in his newsletter on…
What will Jordan Peterson say to South Africa’s opposition leaders?
Meeting the great psychologist of our age and persuading him to come south… Simon Lincoln Reader, The world’s most famous Canadian Dr. Jordan Peterson has been in London for nearly…
SOSS – Sunday 25 September 2022
Steve Lunderstedt, Steve on Sunday Sometimes WHAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED CANNOT BE UNDONE Yesterday is history, today it is heritage. Each and every building, museum, monument, memorial, cemetery, or street…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, I have returned home to darkness. Our electricity has been going off for about 10 hours a day and nothing is more convincing for us (and…