The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Tuesday 30th June was marked as the deadline day for all unregistered foreigners to leave the country. It was the day of planned shutdowns and threats…
The African Southern Route: Drugs, Ministers and the War That Was Never Meant to Be
By Andrew Field The new story of narcotics in southern Africa does not begin with a theory. It begins with seizures. In June 2026, Durban harbour again produced cocaine. One…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, Cyril is in trouble and he knows he is. He is now trying every trick in the book to delay or even block the Parliamentary impeachment…
Taking The Knee
Hannes Wessels, A little over six years ago the world erupted in anger when the international media turned all its attention on the death at the hands of the Minneapolis…
Thoughts On Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
By Will Keys, Humanity’s understanding of what constitutes “life” has always been narrowly framed by our earthly experience. We tend to define it through the lens of familiar biology: organisms…
The Core Conflict: Why the West and Iran Cannot Easily Reconcile
by Will Keys The real tension between the United States and Iran runs deeper than nuclear weapons, proxies, or oil. It stems from a fundamental clash between two opposing worldviews:…
The Rule of Law
Hannes Wessels, Growing up in Rhodesia I remember a police force, the British South Africa Police (BSAP), that was highly respected by the majority of people, and magistrates and judges…
‘Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran’, Senator John McCain
Hannes Wessels, Credible reports indicate the US Navy is in trouble patrolling the Straits of Hormuz as Iranian drones coming in from all angles on select targets are stretching the…
The Week That Was
Gerald Potash, Hello again, The whole country waited with baited breath on Thursday morning to hear what the sentence that was to be meted out to Julius Malema by the…
Trump Troubles
Hannes Wessels, I seem to spend a lot of time swimming against the political tide. Over the years I’ve had countless arguments with people who loathed Donald Trump while I…