News/Politics

“We can copy everything except your mother.” So goes a saying in Shanghai — but soon they will not only copy your mother, but your mother-in-law too. With cloning, such a possibility may not be far-fetched. From top designer brands to car parts and even motorbikes, if there is demand, China can be relied on […]

To have some measure of understanding of the Pan-africanist Congress (PAC) as a political party with no relevance in the 21st Century, it is vital to gain some insight into the pan-africanism ideology upon which its formation was inspired. The ideology of Pan-Africanism predates the Pan African Congress of 1945 that was held in Manchester, […]

In late 1987, South African and UNITA forces clashed with their Cuban and FAPLA counterparts at Cuito Cuinavale in what would be the culminating battle of the so-called “Border War”. Indeed, it has been described as “Africa’s largest land battle since World War II”. But who actually won it? All sides claimed victory and shortly […]

Not far from where I live is a woman who, like many others from her class, have the best of all the worlds possible. She owns a house somewhere here in Yorkshire and one in Cape Town, allowing her to live here for six months during the best of weather conditions in Britain, and to […]

Think of a number, add the CIA then divide that answer by two, then multiply your answer by MI5, take away the number you started with and your answer is Thursday. FFS, I’ve heard some cock and bull stories about why the Scorpions have to be disbanded along the way but the Kikinegate revelations yesterday […]

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili made two major miscalculations when he attacked South Ossetia — firstly, in respect of the resolve of the EU or Western world to bail him out if he got into trouble; secondly, with regard to Russia’s determination to re-establish its prominence in the region and on the world stage. “In the […]

I have had several South African friends and acquaintances complain to me about the difficulty of entering the United States since September 11. A friend of a friend was denied a visa just recently on the ludicrous fear that he would emigrate during his vacation to America. As much as I bemoan this situation and […]

The term “revolution” has been in vogue among the new ANC leadership since the Polokwane conference in December 2007. Many of us knit our brows in shock and have often been left astonished and wondering, “What the hell are they talking about? What damn revolution?” Having listened painstakingly to the revolutionary rhetoric of the new […]