The ‘Boers’; Villains or Victims.
By Hannes Wessels, The first contingent of Afrikaner refugees has arrived in Washington DC to a warm welcome from senior officials in the State Department and Homeland Security. This is…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Politically, here there is always news to write about. This week’s big question is: Is the Government of National Unity (GNU) tearing apart? Angry ANC members…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash Hello again, Dennis, that character of note, invited the usual suspects to join him at the CTPress Club on Tuesday. At our table were, as usual Paul, Henry,…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, I really wasn’t going to write a newsletter this week and was going to advise that the 3Ms are here with us from London this week,…
The World That Was
Adrian Olivier, Sunday 6 April – Sunday 13 April: On Sunday, top U.S. officials said over 50 countries have reached out to begin negotiations in response to President Trump’s sweeping…
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…