The Disgraceful United Nations
by Eeben Barlow I felt I ought not to write something when I am filled with anger, but to say I am absolutely and totally disgusted would be an understatement.…
The Week That Was
by the Editors Freshly bombed New Yorkers must have been overjoyed to have London mayor Sadiq Khan arrive in their besieged city to remind them how lucky they are to…
The Dangers of Ignoring Strategic Intelligence
by Eeben Barlow As Africa drags itself ever closer to the abyss, one would think that governments would be paying a lot more attention to strategic intelligence, and the current…
The Week That Was
by The Editors The thing with democracy is the people elected tell you something about the electorate. Very easy to hurl abuse at the politicians but who put them there?…
The Week That Was
by the Editors In any normal election Hillary Clinton might have withdrawn her candidacy but this is not a normal election and for the powerful who make up ‘The Establishment’…
The Week That Was
by the Editors Mild euphoria swept some of South Africa following news of electoral losses suffered by the ruling ANC in the local government elections. Even if this does not…
Mischief Afoot in America
by Hannes Wessels Here in South Africa Donald Trump is widely loathed so once again I find myself a little out on a limb when so much as asking why…
How Boris and Britain can help Africa
by Hannes Wessels It’s almost 60 since Ghana became independent from Britain. The world was jubilant as the sun began to set on the age of European imperialism. ‘African Nationalism’,…
The Week That Was
by the Editors Surely there is hope for South Africa. The dreaded Economic Freedom Front (EFF) led by Julius Malema hit the hustings promising a land of milk and honey…
Was Harold Wilson a Soviet Agent?
by Hannes Wessels In my book ‘A Handful of Hard Men’ I touched on the possibility that British Prime Minister Harold Wilson may have been a Soviet agent. In the…