Slavery; The Inconvenient Truth
by Hannes Wessels As a father of two impressionable teenage girls I am having a tough and at times frustrating time trying to undo the damage done at school in…
“Black Panther”; where fantasy-fiction becomes fact.
by Hannes Wessels All of us who follow the news are getting used to being lied to but this dishonesty normally relates to the distortion of facts, the twisting of…
The Oxfam Scam
by Hannes Wessels Recent revelations exposing Oxfam as a well organised haven for sexual predators should not come as a surprise to anyone who has paid any attention to these…
In African Politics Crime Sure Pays
by Hannes Wessels Reading Jacques Pauw’s explosive new book, “The Presidents Keepers” is depressing, enlightening and terrifying. The scale of corruption and state-sanctioned criminality in the Republic of South Africa…
Poor Robert Mugabe
by Hannes Wessels After 37 years of brutally destructive rule it looks like the curtain may finally be coming down on the Mugabe regime. Military coups are seldom welcome but…
The ‘Coffin Case’ and the joys of hating ‘Boers’.
by Hannes Wessels In South Africa the mood across the media and political spectrum is one of jubilation. On Wednesday last week the Finance Minister announced the country was bankrupt…
Are Trump-Haters Unwell?
by Hannes Wessels Jeremy Clarke in his Spectator, ‘Lowlife’ column raises a very interesting question with regard to people who are anti-Trump and asks if “.. this hatred..” of the…
The Real ‘Nazis’ of the Left
by Hannes Wessels The West has probably never been more polarised along political and ideological grounds than it is today. The accession to power of Donald Trump has dangerously divided…
The Triumph of Evil
by Hannes Wessels Looking back at the personalities and institutions involved in the demise of Rhodesia and the forced transition to Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe one is struck by a…
Rhodesia in 1976. A fascinating view from a famous economist.
by Milton Friedman Of the 49 countries in Africa, fifteen are under direct military rule and 29 have one-party civilian governments. Only five have multiparty political systems. I have just…