The Sadness Of Being Right.
Hannes Wessels On the 18th April it was the 45th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence and a time for reflection. The response from millions of impoverished people was a desultory one…
Fishing with Leon ‘Dog’ Varley.
By Paul Connolly.* For a long time the two good friends did not speak to each other, but the incident has been forgotten and now they’re in irregular communication. Even…
African-American Delusions
Will Keys I am an ex-Rhodesian, now an Australian, retired, living contentedly in Queensland. I have reasonable health; happily married; proud of my children, and financially secure. My curiosity with…
Britain To The Fore!
Hannes Wessels, Recently, more information has come into the public domain about the British plans to intervene militarily in order to bring the ‘Rebel Rhodesian’ government to heel in the…
NOW…HERE IS A THING
Nigel Henson Greetings All, Allow me to introduce myself…Nigel Henson is the name I am usually called by…as is common, I have been known by many others, not all flettering,…
What Did They Fight For?
Hannes Wessels, I write this on the 11th of November, having read the news of the day and reflected on where I think we are and where we have been.…
Cursed Colonials
Hannes Wessels, Recently I was fortunate to have the opportunity to speak at some length to former Rhodesian District Commissioner, Ben Kaschula. Now in his twilight years, blessed with an…
Forgotten Heroes
Hannes Wessels, The parades, ceremonies and services that accompanied the recent coronation of King Charles, was by all accounts, a magnificent occasion, allowing the British to do something they still…
Christians At War
Hannes Wessels, Last week I interviewed Jan Stander as part of a YouTube series I am involved in covering the war in Rhodesia that ended in 1980. Their sad story…
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…