The End Of The Great Game
Hannes Wessels What is astonishing, and dare I say, disappointing, about the contagion sweeping English cricket in the wake of Azeem Rafiq’s allegations, is the cowering response from players, fans,…
Gary Ballance: A Victim Vilified.
Hannes Wessels I was still a schoolboy when I read Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ about the Salem Witch Trials that unfolded in Massachusetts in the late 17th century. I found…
Have you heard about the Australian police ‘Fixated Person’s Unit’?
Will Keys Oh! Yes. Believe it, its true! A version of the Australian Fixated Person’s Unit (“FPU”) has been established in every state police force in Australia. The NSW police…
The smoke and mirror world that envelopes SARS-CoV-2
Somehow, when SARS Cov 2 hit this overpopulated and beleaguered world, all the rules changed, and all of our previously tried and trusted viral paradigms were intentionally shifted – from…
Arguing with an Ignoramus, can be avoided.
Will Keys Picture a typical pseudo-intellectual scenario. Marxism is the question, “And, what’s your opinion on the subject?” is how it starts. Experience has taught to me to qualify the…
How to be a better person
Will Keys In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Polonius says to Laertes “To thine Own Self Be True”. John Adams argued that this was bad advice. “Thine Own Self” is likely to…
Quinton Capitulates
Hannes Wessels When Quinton De Kock stood fast and refused to obey the order from CSA (Cricket South Africa) to get down on his knees and pay due homage to…
Who Will Save The West?
Will Keys Former President Donald Trump and inventor-extraordinaire, South African born Elon Musk, despite having little in common in so many ways, share some characteristics. They are both driven by…
License to Kill
Hannes Wessels Having lived all my life in Africa I feel I am well placed to write about institutionalized racism and selective application of the law, simply because I have…
No History, No Future
Hannes Wessels To my mind ignorance of history might be the route leading us to self-destruction. Roughly 50 years ago, I recall my headmaster at Umtali Boys High, Mr. ‘Koney’…