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by the Editors In any normal election Hillary Clinton might have withdrawn her candidacy but this is not a normal election and for the powerful who make up ‘The Establishment’…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…
Black Lives Matter Perspective
The main stream media should be criminally charged for not telling the public the truth, omitting biased opinions and helping destroy and divide our country. Hello. Don’t recognize me? That’s…
The Week that Was
The Editors In the ‘Dark Continent’ we have become used to the selective application of the law. A system that was designed to regulate and moderate behaviour of the citizenry…
Trump getting Thumped
by Hannes Wessels Below is an article I wrote four years ago when the press initially hammered the Trumps after an African hunting safari. This has now erupted again as…
The Week That Was
Watching Europe seized by a ruthless reign of terror life in southern Africa looks a little less unattractive. For many of us here terrorism is nothing new, we have been…