South African Woman’s Account of Friday Night in Paris at Siege...
One South African woman's recollections of Friday night's tragedy in Paris is being shared around the world. Over 2 million people have 'liked' Isobel...
Be on Your Guard, Dezinformatsiya is Coming
The erstwhile Russian KGB called it dezinformatsiya and spent a large amount of energy and resources on it: the distribution of false information, malicious...
OPINION: “The ANC Government’s Strategy to Starve Millions”
In 1980 there were 127 000 commercial farmers serving a population of 25 million people. As a result South Africa used to feed nine...
Anti “New Year’s Day on the Beach” Posts Go Too Far
So I woke up yesterday morning after our traditional New Year's Day "Bugger All". This is where we sleep as late as possible, move as...
Why We Are Staying – For The Kids
There’s a weird thing happening in South Africa. Well, to be fair, there’s a lot of weird sh@# going down. But I’d like to...
The Lingering, Unspoken Pain of White Youth who Fought for Apartheid
The legacies of apartheid in South Africa can only be understood by making sense of the complexities of the past. This includes recognising what...
Cees Bruggemans: The Zuma Effect Runs Deep
From early April I understand short-term commercial bank deposits to have shot up, indicative of a pullback by average SA businesses in their economic...
Black and White…Students’ Response to Stellenbosch Unrest
In the wake of the Luister video posted last week highlighting alleged inequalities of language and race at Stellenbosch University, and the subsequent clash...
What Happens When the Food Runs Out?
Christmas and New Year have come and gone and somehow we are staring down the barrel at the end of January 2016 with the...
50 Shades of Grey – An Outsider’s Thoughts on the American...
(I wonder, can anyone anywhere be considered an outsider given the implications of the election results for the world at large?)
The ongoing protests and occasional...
