A Watchdog in Darkness: The Baden-Clay Case and Queensland’s Debt to Justice
By Will Keys In every functioning democracy there is an expectation—quiet, steady, almost instinctive—that public watchdogs operate above fear, favour, and fashion. Their legitimacy does not come from popularity but…
Epstein Affair: From Predator to Political Myth
By Andrew Field The Jeffrey Epstein affair has really become a theatre of excess, marked by speculation, seldom certainty, but much moral posturing in excess measure. It is no longer…
Freedom Was the Lie That Worked
By Andrew Field Freedom is one of the most overworked words in southern African political life. It is invoked with solemnity, defended with anger, and celebrated with gluttonous ritual by…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, There have been severe weather events for weeks in the northern provinces and particularly in Limpopo. It was so bad that the Kruger National Park was…
Uganda: Ritual Democracy and the Shadow of Succession
Andrew Field Uganda has voted again. The outcome is as predictable as gravity. Officially, a renewed mandate. Unofficially, a ritual long stripped of competition. The figures are tidy, the margins…
Perfidious Albion and the Modern Deep State
By Will Keys My book Perfidious Albion was not written as history for its own sake. It was written to explain the present. Based on the past, but pertinent to…
Rhodesian Intelligence: Myth vs. Reality
By Andrew Field The author is not here to defend Ken Flower or Derek Robinson, nor is there any interest in polishing reputations for sentimental reasons. What matters is clearing…
‘Spooks’ of the ‘Struggle Years’.
Hannes Wessels, As someone who has read and written quite extensively about the history of Rhodesia and then Zimbabwe, a recent article by James MacManus in the ‘Christmas Edition’ of…
The Price of Silence in Angola
Andrew Field, Angola is the quiet giant of the Southern African Development Community (SADC); present but rarely centred, mighty yet oddly muted. Vast in territory, rich in oil, and anchored…
Power Without Prosperity: Southern Africa’s Year of Stagnation
Andrew Field, Southern Africa in 2025 was a region still caught in its own contradictions. Governments spent the year juggling conflict, corruption dressed as governance, and the maintenance of power,…