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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 [...]
De Klerk and the Gorbachev paradox
The comparisons between FW de Klerk, the last white president [...]
State dysfunction got airborne with Ramaphosa’s DRC flight of fancy
Last weekend, the Sunday Times ran a front-page exposé by Erika Gibson [...]
Get it together or liberation from ANC remains a tantalising dream
Might the ancient Greek myth of Tantalus offer a modern [...]
Babbling while Ukraine burns
For the least populated area in America, the Mountain West [...]
SA’s US policy is foreign to say the least
Remarks this week by international relations minister Naledi Pandor represent [...]
The ANC’s policy phantasms won’t fly
On Monday , South Africans, wearied and depressed by endless [...]
OK, now for the 10-point credibility plan, Mr President
Just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Monday evening announcement of [...]
Waiting for Ramaphosa goes from Phala Phala party to a black Christmas
The death of acclaimed film critic Barry Ronge in early [...]
Look who’s afraid of change while Conservatives keep it fresh
Writing this column from London amid an intense heatwave, the [...]