The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, SONA was a disaster for Cyril. Most of the press this week had full ‘goes’ at Ramaphosa for a pathetically weak State of the Nation address…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 4 February – Sunday 11 February: On Sunday, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador declared himself the winner of the national elections, winning more than 80 percent…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, A great deal of our news this week has been about the judgement from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by SA against Israel. Ramaphosa…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 28 January – Sunday 4 February: On Sunday, three American soldiers were killed – and 34 injured – in Jordan by a drone launched by militant groups…
Donald J. Trump and the 2024 surge -Conservative Black-Americans with gravitas.
Will Keys, Donald J. Trump (“DJT”) has emerged from the first GOP primaries with a historically high margin of victory, as predicted. His homespun candour, political commonsense, and affinity with…
For the West the End is Nigh.
Hannes Wessels, I’m constantly admonished by my wife and family for being morose and distant; sadly they are probably correct but the reason is, I read too much, care too…
The Republican Primary.
Adrian Olivier, For anti-Trump Republicans, New Hampshire was their chance to break “the Don’s” hold on the Republican Party and show themselves as an alternative. With Trump dominant in Iowa,…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again The upcoming general election–we still don’t have a date but it could be as early as May– is taking up lots of newspaper space. Stephen Grootes…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 14 January – Sunday 21 January: On Monday, North Korea claimed it flight-tested a new solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead as it seeks…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again Three stories dominated our news this week. Thursday and Friday were all about SA taking Israel to the ICJ (International Court of Justice) accusing them of…