Soon there may be no part of SA that’s more Swiss than Guatemalan
SA is obviously a deeply divided country. It is also, [...]
ANC should learn about electricity from Lenin
The South African economy will be on life support this [...]
As we teeter on the brink of the abyss, the silence of big business is deafening
The cavalcade of chaos and crises confronting South Africa right [...]
Klein Krokodil Mantashe morphs into a Gorgon in the PW Botha mould
On September 6 1966, in the assembly chamber of parliament [...]
No festival of lights here. And forget about a miracle
On Wednesday I bumped into a veteran journalist just back [...]
Shades of Waterkloof: let’s talk about that Russian ship on Cape shores
Back in 1973, the New York Times master columnist and [...]
With Ramaphosa’s zugzwang, it’s goodbye to the new dawn
Goodbye To All That was the title of the 1929 autobiography [...]
We’re back where ‘restraint and generosity’ are outlandish for a leader
Does effective, shapeshifting leadership require its exemplars to push against [...]
Cyril and Joe share a secret electoral sauce
The political fortunes of Joe Biden, who has just turned [...]
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Bill Browder and Tony Leon argue that money, not morality, dictates South Africa’s support for Vladimir Putin GalleryBill Browder and Tony Leon argue that money, not morality, dictates South Africa’s support for Vladimir Putin
African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, International Politics, Russian War, Vladimir Putin, World Politics
Bill Browder and Tony Leon argue that money, not morality, dictates South Africa’s support for Vladimir Putin
King Charles III has conferred a signal honour on South [...]
ANC candidates sing from the same ideological hymn sheet
To see how little distinguishes the lead candidates for the [...]
Democracy is slowly chipping away at the denialists in the US
Last Tuesday, election day for the mid-terms in the US, [...]
Youthful nations are infatuated with good old lies — why?
A flurry of elections — two just held and one [...]
The empire strikes back, and it could very well be the UK’s saviour
I arrived in London on Tuesday, the day of a [...]
The making of The South African Miracle Episode 04 – Tony Leon. Gabe Makin Podcasts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnimqiRSxgs
Worldview Interview with Solly Moeng – The ANC Plan Is To Make South Africa ungovernable
Link to the interview: https://youtu.be/pPv3VYPEwcY
With the ‘shelf life of a lettuce’, there’s little doubt Liz will soon be trussed
A British friend who is a senior lawmaker in the [...]
What will kick off SA’s Arab spring?
In 2011 Xi Jinping was simply vice-president of China, before [...]
Joburg was made a political ‘offer it couldn’t refuse’
“The Return of the Locusts” is an apt and lapidary [...]
Pandor’s comical UN speech quickly sinks into oblivion
Imagine you addressed a conference on SA’s economic prospects, and [...]
Ramaphosa’s meeting with US president a non-event, just like his reforms
One of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite aphorisms was, apparently, “I [...]
Truss me on this one, Liz: new dawns get old fast
Newly elected (by the tiny universe of her own party [...]