Under South African law, any person accused of a crime is assumed to be “innocent until proven guilty” in a court of law. The use of this provision under law, has now become standard practise for the protection of ANC cadre’s and associate’s. Any “comrade” that is accused of corruption, ...

In South Africa, we are supposed to have a free press. Comparing the content in local media to other media from around the world, I notice something particularly strange. There is a total absence of any content critical of China, this is simply not reasonable considering that China has a terrible re...

The recent disagreements between the World Health Organisation  (WHO) and Donald Trump has received some attention from the South African media, but we seem to get only a part of the story. Our media seems unwilling to criticize China or the WHO in any way. The fact is, Mr. Trump has some justi...

In a very short time the world has effectively changed. The COVID 19 disease has become the main topic of news and conversation worldwide. There are several aspects which I find very disturbing, and seem to be getting very little attention in the media. Whether or not my concerns are justified, only...

The outbreak of corona virus (or covid 19) in the world has led to ordinary citizens (like me) being unsure if we should panic, or not. We hear from medical people that the virus is less serious than the influenza virus, really? if this is so, please tell me about any sporting event being cancelled ...

I find it amazing that there is so much discussion about the ecomony of South Africa, and all of these discussions skirt around the main issue, DEBT. From every SOE, to every municipality and the central government itself, the biggest single problem is the staggering amounts of DEBT. Even the simple...

The current situation in SA as regards race is not doing anyone any good, at least that is my perception. I am white so many black people will regard my point of view as irrelevant and racist, that is their right, but I should stress that I care about the wellbeing of my country and all of its citiz...

Much is said these days about expropriating land and nationalising industry & mining in SA, all of which is supposed to uplift the poor black people (usually at the expense of the white people). All these ideas never ever touch on the real problem, and the real reason why black people are unable...