The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Politically we are on a cliff edge. The question that every commentator is asking is; will the GNU survive? The ANC’s NEC held a meeting on…
The Treatment of Snake Envenomation in Southern Africa
Dr. John Pridgeon Having been a keen amateur herpetologist, since before I could spell the word snake, the treatment of that potentially fatal mishap called “a snake bite” has always…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Our news this week has been consumed by the urgency to get the budget passed and how almost all the parties in the GNU (Government of…
Toyi-toyi South Africa
By Andrew Field The Republic of South Africa, once hailed as a beacon of hope and reconciliation in the early 1990s, finds itself today at a critical political juncture. The…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Ebrahim Rasool, our disgraced Ambassador returned from America on Sunday to a hero’s welcome. He told the adoring crowd gathered at the airport that he stood…
Send The ‘Imperialists’.
Hannes Wessels, The only country is sub-Saharan Africa not to have been the recipient of USAID is Eritrea. For all the rest, the ‘Trump Effect’ and the end of unconditional…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The news explosion of the week, of the month, of the year was on Friday when Ebrahim Rasool, our ambassador to the USA was kicked out…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 9 March – Sunday 16 March: On Sunday evening, chaos erupted in Bucharest as supporters of Calin Georgescu protested the rejection of his candidacy for the Romanian…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The drama of the delayed, disputed budget three weeks ago heightened interest in the Finance Minister speech in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon. The key point of…
NOW HERE’S A THING
Nigel Henson “There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile” Dear Readers Belated best wishes for the year ahead-…