I HAVE always had a certain level of antipathy towards Israel, a country associated with the Hebrew bible, referenced in the Koran, and ancient Roman history. Unlike South Africa, it is not my homeland, but rather the homeland of my relatives. Liv...
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The Howard Feldman, News24 Mampara saga
Off the bat, I admit it, I am no fan of Howard Feldman and ChaiFM. If you're into over-privileged Jozi Jews. Do a google search and you'll come up with the bizarre statistic that wait for it: "Most of the (live) Jews in Johannesburg can be found in the north-eastern suburbs. Here are some: Glenha...
Boereworsgate: News24 comes under fire over Jan Braai incident
News24 editor Adrian Basson has come under fire on social media for running a false story about a man known as 'Jan Braai'. The outlet was forced to issue a retraction and apology, in what can only be termed a flagrant disregard for fact-checking and basic journalism standards. A press release is...
Oscar van Heerden: Evil academics are indeed banal
IN MANY respects Oscar van Heerden represents all that is wrong inside South African academia. Its de-emphasis of evidence-based research in favour of pure scholasticism. The rote repetition of other's opinions, in an uncritical process which edifies 'woke logic' and the writings of the country's...
Dear Anton Harber, you’re nothing more than a Putin apologist
Dear Anton Harber, YOU were once the editor of a weekly rag fundamentally opposed to the apartheid state. I read the Weekly Mail religiously every week, since the day it arrived on our newsstands, and followed often radical opinions, many white leftie columnists and also the writing of a sole, to...
Hertzogate: No evidence tobacco assists patients with respiratory illness
COLUMNIST Mandy Wiener has written an opinion piece for News24 entitled: 'The case for lifting the cigarette ban' Her central thesis is that the 'prohibition on smoking tobacco merely drives the practice underground'. While Wiener appears to grasp some of the health arguments being touted by the...