The Race Against Racism
Hannes Wessels, While I was not living in South Africa when the ANC, led by Nelson Mandela, came to power in 1994 it was plain to see that almost the…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 10 September – Sunday 17 September: On Sunday, an Israeli delegation made history when it arrived in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. As there are no direct flights…
Reflections From The Southern Tip.
Hannes Wessels, When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently dispatched himself, along with a small army of security personnel, to Russia and Ukraine, to bestow upon Presidents Putin and Zelensky,…
After The ‘Palefaces’.
Hannes Wessels, If you have a heart in Africa it’s probably not a good idea to read Martin Meredith’s State of Africa because if you do, it will all in…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Last Thursday evening Andre de Ruyter was interviewed on one of our popular TV news channels. While he was being interviewed, he was still the CEO…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, I really would have liked this week’s review to have been bright and breezy with all sorts of positivity begining to show while we enjoy this…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, It has been a bad and a good week for Cyril. His Party is supporting him and he is smiling notwithstanding the report on his action…
Good Deeds Condemned
Hannes Wessels, It was with great sadness that I read a recent article reminding readers of some of the extraordinary feats of nation-building that took place in the country that…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Yesterday the committee set-up to look into the Phala Phala farm robbery made its report to the Speaker of Parliament. As at writing the contents of…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, It is truly sad for me to begin this newsletter by trying to explain how incompetent our bureaucrats—all appointed by the ANC are. The first story…