News/Politics

Forgive me for being so presumptuous, but I suspect that even the well informed are unaware of some of the most remarkable international news in recent weeks. Now if this supposition is correct then ask yourself, dear reader, for we will surely agree about the significance of the following — whether a corporate dominated media […]

If ever an African leader showed the wisdom of a King Solomon, then that man is Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. Like the biblical king before him, he adjudged that the party who would rather save the baby, in this case Zimbabwe, rather than win (power) at any cost, would demonstrate who has the true love for […]

Free market advocates often hear the charge that they don’t care about the poor. That their belief in the power of markets driven by self-interest and the profit motive implies they’re selfish and egotistical. “Bah!” says the research data, “Humbug!”

At last! The five-year old predatory war of America and its coalition partners has finally been placed in its clearest possible perspective. Britain, France and the US finally have their hands on the oil reserves of Iraq. For the first time in 36 years the oil reserves are in the hands of people who have […]

Robert Mugabe, underpinned by a South African government and a mediation team seemingly determined to keep him in power (come on guys don’t be bashful), is celebrating the MDC’s decision to withdraw from the run-off. This in essence means that both countries (now lepers of the world community) will be able to claim their rewards […]

How would you feel if someone threw a revolution and nobody came? Yeah, me too — awful, isn’t it? According to ANCYL president Julius Malema: “The forces we defeated in 1994, the ultra-rightwing, the imperialists and the colonisers. They have come together to undermine the ushering in of a democratic dispensation. They do this by […]

Mad Bob has taken the insanity in Zimbabwe to new levels, claiming that only God can remove him from office and he won’t be leaving until he is sure that Zimbabwe is safely in the hands of the black majority. The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees meanwhile is estimating that neighbouring countries are about to […]

It was only on 19 June 2008 that the government of Jerusalem announced a cease fire with Hamas. Barely hours after this, it declared its intentions to open direct peace talks with Lebanon. What’s going on in the Middle East? Has the Zionist regime had a change of heart all of a sudden? This puzzling […]

Mugabe’s anti-imperialist rhetoric increased after his return from the World Food Summit, but by and large it was nothing more than getting himself into a bargaining position as he tries to cut a deal with Washington and London that will allow him to hold onto power. Nothing is being said about the frantic deal-making in […]

Is Barney Pityana correct in saying that the predominant form of racism in South Africa relates to mental processes of which individuals are aware or not aware? At the heart of Dr Pityana’s statement lies the well meaning gestures of an apologist — the xenophobic attacks of a month or so ago are not the […]