The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Zandile Christmas Mafe did something that Guy Fawkes couldn’t do. He brought the Houses of Parliament down. Our Parliament went up in smoke on Sunday night…
Annus Horribilis 2021- When Power Corrupts.
Will Keys I received an email that was headed “Annus Horribilis, “can it get worse in 2022?”.The email writer is a respected, mildly liberal, member of our discussion group (“DG”).…
Cognitive Biases Galore
Will Keys | There are diverse and novel Christmas gifts, and some ingenious ways to profit from that market. A young and apparently well known Australian Marxist-feminist, we’ll refer to…
The Week That Was
| Gerald Potash | Hello again, On Tuesday Zuma was back in court and in fact won a leave to appeal from the High Court to appeal the decision that…
What is a Zeitgeist?
Will Keys A zeitgeist is defined as a spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. And so it…
SOS – Steve on Sunday (sometimes)
Steve Lunderstedt Sunday 19 December 2021 Magersfontein O Magersfontein Greetings my fellow lovers of history and walks in the veld. Over the days of 10 to 12 December 1899 one…
Biznews.com Awards of the Year
Simon Lincoln Reader WELCOME TO THE 4TH INSTALLMENT of the Biznews.com Awards of the Year – and what a stinker it was. Started with lockdowns and got progressively worse –…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Yesterday the High Court ruled that Jacob Zuma must go back to jail. Further the court ruled that the three months that JZ has spent careering…
Brilliance over 2,200 years ago and Brilliance in 2021.
Will Keys The James Webb Telescope. On the 28th December 2021, the fantastic, incredible, and brilliant James Webb Telescope (“JWT”) will be launched into space from French Guiana, on an…
Are We Allowed to Help?
Hannes Wessels We are now over 60 years into the postcolonial era in Africa and life for the vast majority of over 1 billion people is more miserable than ever.…