SOS – Steve On Sunday
Sunday 23 August 2020 SOS – Steve on Sunday THE WEEK THAT WAS 23 – 30 August 2020 My fellow obedient (and disobedient) citizens Here on the fringes of the…
“Foreign Native”.
by Hannes Wessels RW Johnson’s new book, ‘Foreign Native’, is enlightening, entertaining but also disturbing. But, like everything he writes, the narrative reeks with honesty. I humbly hold him in…
SOS – Steve On Sunday
Sunday 16 August 2020 SOS – Steve on Sunday THE WEEK THAT WAS 16 – 22 August 2020 My fellow South Africans and Makwerekwere, A Merry Christmas to you all.…
Jock Hutton
by Hannes Wessels Few who served in the Rhodesian military will be remembered with as much reverence and deep affection as Jock Hutton who died aged 96 at Maidstone in…
SOS – Steve On Sunday
Sunday 9 August 2020 SOS – Steve on Sunday THE WEEK THAT WAS 3 – 9 August 2020 Greetings my fellow sufferers, What a wonderful week! I believe it was…
‘Follow The Science’ At Your Peril.
by Hannes Wessels At the start of panic over the Corona pandemic I pronounced myself a sceptic; not because I’m terribly clever or better informed on epidemiology or virology, but…
SOS – Steve On Sunday
Sunday 2 August 2020 SOS – Steve on Sunday THE WEEK THAT WAS 27 July to 2 August 2020 Christine Duxbury, Wildlife Safaris (Pty) Ltd, South Africa “The corona virus…
The Wind of Destruction
by Hannes Wessels A year after I was born, in 1957, The Gold Coast became Ghana and the first country in Africa to acquire independence from Great Britain. Three years…
SOS – Steve On Sunday
Sunday 19 July 2020 SOS – Steve on Sunday THE WEEK THAT WAS 20 July to 26 July 2020 My fellow South Africans (and Makwerekwere) These weeks and months and…
Russell Phillips; Brave Soldier With A Big Heart.
by Hannes Wessels On Wednesday this week, a handful of old soldiers and friends gathered to pay our respects to Russell Phillips who died suddenly last week. Russell was the…