Dear Mr. Black – My Correspondence With An Effing Legend
(Zeitgeist)
Its not often one gets touched by greatness so when it does happen you really need to make a pig of yourself. Last weak I wrote an email to former [...]
Read More- Posted on 2nd Jul 2010
by Jerome Mitchell - 4 comments
Bennett’s Dilemma
(Politics)
After months of anguish Roy Bennett is finally acquitted of all charges. Even by the miserable standards set by the Zimbabwe justice system it appears Johannes Tomana, the Attorney General [...]
Read More- Posted on 13th May 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 1 comments
Live By The Vote, Die By The Panga
(Politics)
On April 27th 1994 South Africa held its first election based on universal suffrage and thus affected a peaceful transfer of power to the African National Congress led by Nelson [...]
Read More- Posted on 12th Apr 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 4 comments
The Perils of Being Pale
(Zeitgeist)
Amongst the Mugabe-bred and fed kleptocracy there is an unusual badge or closer to the truth, ‘bulge’ of rank. While collar and tie might be a trifle passé in parts [...]
Read More- Posted on 24th Feb 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 1 comments
Morgan and The Art of Betrayal
(Politics)
Morgan Tsvangirai is not easily embarrassed.
Sky News’ Emma Hurd recently interviewed him in his office and he seems perfectly proud of a portrait of his bete noir, Robert Mugabe, covering the [...]
- Posted on 22nd Jan 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 4 comments
A Different Kind of Madness
(Politics)
It is now widely acknowledged that outside of war no economy has collapsed as precipitously as the Zimbabwean one. In the space of five years a functional country which held [...]
Read More- Posted on 11th Dec 2009
by Hannes Wessels - 1 comments
Wildlife’s Unlikely Ally
(Culture)
In a world become obsessed with celebrity culture and fascinated only by the gruesome and tragic tales of pop artists and con artists alike, the great tales of yesteryear have [...]
Read More- Posted on 16th Nov 2009
by Hannes Wessels - 7 comments