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’…
The Dreaded ‘Coof’.
Simon Lincoln Reader If you wanted to take the temperature of western civilisation, nearly two years into the dreaded ‘coof’, just to check whether we’re all wankered up enough yet,…
The End of a Superpower
Hannes Wessels I am no fan of Joe Biden’s. Throughout his political career he has used his influence to make life as difficult as possible for Europeans in Africa. As…
Demise of a Liberal Icon.
Simon Reader Occasionally one incident comes close to explaining everything that is corrupt about a way of thinking. The incident in question is the resignation of the Democratic Governor of…
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…
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…
Poor Meghan, Michelle and Serena.
I have not been able to watch the full Meghan Markle/Oprah interview because I’m prone to nausea and she makes me feel unwell. I’m also a poor judge of people…
A Letter to Lord David Owen
by Hannes Wessels An acquaintance, having read my book, ‘A Handful of Hard Men’ which covered the Rhodesian war, the SAS and the political context of the time, penned a…
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…