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
Easter Diary
(Culture)
The new 12th man is monumental. Something we dare not speak of, like skateboarding, is a grudging respect for Australians. An extract: an abandoned Greek baby is found outside the [...]
Read More- Posted on 9th Apr 2010
by Simon Reader - 1 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
Back to Basics
(Politics)
A joke doing the rounds in Zimbabwe goes like this:
Question: “What did we have before candles?”
Answer: “Electricity.”
It’s only slightly funny because it’s true and across the country there are countless [...]
- Posted on 3rd Feb 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 2 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
Poor Mugabe: Why it’s not all his fault
(Politics)
As world-wide opprobrium continues to descend upon him one has to sympathise with President Mugabe a little. The man is clearly a little taken aback by the fact he is [...]
Read More- Posted on 27th Nov 2009
by Hannes Wessels - 2 comments
The Cricket Helpline
(Sport)
Cricket, like any global sport, will always carry with it a fair amount of political sway. Administrators have to take into account the affects fixtures will have on international relations, [...]
Read More- Posted on 6th Nov 2009
by Andre Roux - 2 comments