Hitler died 63 years ago today, and there’s no better time to remember the supreme struggle undertaken by the Allies to essentially reach that outcome. Hitler was able to ascend to the apex of his power because of a lack of backbone in saying no to tyrants. History, of course, is doomed to repeat itself.
One [...]
Reading and watching all the coverage on this damned Olympic torch relay, and the many who turned out to protest China and get manhandled by those faceless bodyguards trotting alongside in blue hats got me thinking on the bright side. China is not all about sponsoring genocide, stepping on the faces of those peace-loving monks [...]
Tomorrow is Freedom Day, and SA is quite literally a gloomy place to celebrate what is one of our most important historical events. Zimbabwe, Eskom, BEE, the petrol price; the list goes on. There are precious few things to celebrate it seems. But Freedom Day can remind us of one very important thing: that our [...]
The Economist throws scorn on Mbeki’s ‘quiet diplomacy’ towards Zimbabwe:
Can Thabo Mbeki, South Africa’s lame-duck president, truly believe there is no crisis in Zimbabwe? If so, it must be concluded that there is a crisis also in South Africa—a moral one. For it is unconscionable that the man who leads by far the most powerful [...]
I’ve recently noticed a troubling phenomenon. One how most South African office workers fear of dealing with anything remotely financial in nature at work demonstrates incompetence in their own financial affairs, especially when it comes to personal debt. Beyond their poorly disguised financial illiteracy in the office many seem completely unable to comprehend why interest [...]
The much-publicized shipment of arms and ammunition from China, including mortars and RPG launchers – the staple tools for your average genocide – is being prevented from reaching their designated location in the hands of Zimbabwean goonsquads not by our own light-stepping government, but by a trade union, nogal:
The South African Transport and Allied Workers [...]
One of my articles has been published on IOL:
If Mugabe does indeed follow this course of action, would South Africa – in conjunction with fellow SADC members – have a legal right to intervene? I believe so. This right would stem not only from humanitarian concerns, but from Mugabe’s illegal seizure of power.
“Legal government intervention” [...]
As the ongoing circus that is the Zimbabwean elections continue, I am amazed at how well everyone plays their part, like some manner of poorly-scripted theatrical production. Mbeki and his horridly myopic foreign policy play a great supporting role, replete with jester’s hat and jingly bells dangling from his coat tails. The international community making [...]
If anyone’s interested, I’ve been interviewed for a story in the Cape Argus.
In one of those stories that speaks volumes about the state of the nation, the docket for the largest armed robbery in South African history has now itself been stolen in an armed robbery. For those who missed the story, here is an abbreviated version in the form of an image macro:
There are, of course, [...]
I realise it’s more impressive to post pictures of Bush looking like a chimpanzee, but in the interests of fairness, I thought I’d post the other part of Pres. Bush which most never see in any mainstream news site or publication:
President George W. Bush weeps Tuesday, April 8, 2008 during a ceremony in the East [...]
With the beginning of Petraeus’ report back to the Senate Armed Services Committee, the three presidential hopefuls found a great platform to make some noise, yet again. Except this time I’m not completely convinced staying in Iraq ‘for 100 years’ is feasible or even strategically viable.
The big announcement so far in the report from the [...]
The ANC Youth League’s conference at UFS has been so chaotic that the results have been annulled after allegations of vote-rigging, and ANC officials called in to broker a settlement:
Some of the allegations made were that the wrong people had been registered, that people had voted illegally, that people had been prevented from voting and [...]
Much is being said about Zimbabwe at the moment and I am glad that the world press isn’t buying the excuses laid forth for the delay in a vote result. Aziz Pahad might have been fooled but for the rest of us, simply sitting back and watching Robert Mugabe steal another election is unacceptable. Instead [...]
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[L]ocal viewpoints on local/international affairs. That they aren't brain-dead like most local self-confessed 'intellectuals' is a bonus.
- Fifteen Minutes
[I'm] glad to report the arrival of a new blog written by a couple of 'conservative-libertarian' South Africans. Commentary is both well written and prolific and very much worth a visit.
- Southern Cross
[A] great new South African blog. Commentary.co.za brings us libertarian views on South Africa...
- Way South
Probably the busiest (in terms of number of postings) blog is Commentary... They write on everything from politics, sport, time travel and more.
- Fodder
Commentary.co.za is a fantastically well-written site with an indepth insight into South African politics. If you want the lowdown on what's happening in the corridors of power, this is the place to read it. These guys know their stuff.
- Cherryflava
Pompous, geeky and holier-than-thou.
- Gabbahead
