The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, On Saturday the ANC celebrated its 113th anniversary in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. All their big-shots were down here in the Cape and were out canvassing. The…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 5 January – Sunday 12 January: On Sunday, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said he would meet with the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader Herbert Kickl…
The Rape of Britain.
Hannes Wessels, Growing up as I did, in post UDI Rhodesia, I was exposed early to the deceptive habits of wily British politicians. My adolescent naivete notwithstanding, I was puzzled…
The Greatest Scandal in USA History
Will Keys I bring to your attention the popular USA podcast, the Glenn Show. It is hosted by brilliant economist Prof. Glenn Loury and co-hosted by equally brilliant linguist Prof.…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The ANC must be strongly criticised for supporting the rogue countries of this world. Iran, Russia, China, Cuba and Syria are amongst the regimes which treat…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 29 December – Sunday 5 January: On Sunday, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Russia had tried to “hush up” the unintentional shooting down of an Azerbaijani passenger…
‘An Expert on Africa’
Duncan Clarke When asked to join the Spiegel Tent ‘Discourse on Africa’ in August 2012 at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, to speak about my book, Africa’s Future: Darkness to…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 15 December – Sunday 22 December: On Sunday, Israel’s government approved an $11 million plan to double the population of Israeli settlers in the Golan Heights to…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 18 August – Sunday 25 August: On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The biggest political shock of the decade came on Friday when Floyd Shivambu, deputy leader of the EFF since its inception and author of its 7…