WHATEVER one thinks of the “new” South Africa, it is probably better than any possible outcome from the civil conflict that ended in 1994. "Brothers in War and Peace" by Dennis Cruywagen claims to tell the story of how 'two brothers' helped prevent another civil war that would have begun in 1994....

ABORTION on Demand, Women's rights, Gay Rights, Freedom from Religious rule, when it comes to the Middle East, the left is prepared to sacrifice just about everything, including the idea of non-racialism, equality and the fight against apartheid in my home country, South Africa. The manner in whi...

LAST year was the 25th anniversary of the murders of Dulcie September and Chris Hani. The publication of an in-depth investigation, revealing arms trade links and nuclear secrets, appears to have been under the radar, perhaps because of language issues and the fact the article was only published...

A WEBSITE named whisnews21 run by Wildhorse Entertainment of South Africa and purporting to be a music review site, claims the South African government "allowed at least 400 000 Chinese "to swamp the country" during the past six years. " In a largely xenophobic article which paints Chinese immigr...

Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, 'mid the throng of hurrying desires That trample on the dead to seize their spoil, Lurks vengeance, footless, irresistible As exhalations laden with slow death, And o'er the fairest troop of captured joys Breathes pallid pestilence. GEORGE ELIOT'S...