ANC losing political ground in SA, like most of us all over Africa
August 4 2016 South Africans went to the ballot box this past week to elect local councilors in what was...
Category: Archival
Story of those who whupped odds with dogged will to win
July 10 2016 Don’t you worry, sir, I will of course write about Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, who left us...
Israel’s dubious friendship can help in only one area, but who wants that?
July 7 2016 This past week has witnessed a resurgence of Israel’s diplomatic activity within the Eastern African region with...
Drunk MPs, citizens, a question of governance deficit
May 26 2016 - Another example of my romance with T-shirts with catchy words in my youth came from Paris,...
Come and impeach our rulers, leave poor Dilma alone!
May 12 2016 - The reader may still remember the nickname “La Pasionaria” I wrote about a few years ago...
Zuma has beaten his foes, but ANC is sicker for it
April 7 2016 It was a foregone conclusion; it was not going to succeed, and it sure as hell failed....
Get the girls back at any cost, but cure the underlying rot, for heavens’ sake!
April 4 2016 - Two years have gone by, and still no end in sight for the ordeal that has been...
Faced with terror, there is much between Belgium and Africa
March 24 2016 - The utterly senseless devastation that terror visits on its victims is horrendous to behold. Scenes of...
Africa’s elections are nonsensical; abolish them
It’s official, it is not working, it just isn’t. It is this election thing that I’m talking about. It clearly...
Britain playing hard to get? Admit Turkey
Pardon me if I’ve already told you this one, but it’s a favourite of mine from a film I watched...