The SANDF is playing a political role that flouts the Constitution. But as President Ramaphosa showed this week, he can't or won't face down the generals. And the DA, which has sounded the alarm bells, is impotent in the GNU to force the issue. WSM's column on Politicsweb.

#BabitaDeokaran

#GeorgeOrwell #NineteenEightyFour

People with narcissistic or psychopathic personality traits are often drawn to certain ideologies and forms of political activism. They use activism as a vehicle to feed their own ego rather than to work toward real social change. People who are high on what psychologists call

I'd like to remind people what passes as a psychology PhD thesis these days.

Whether it's technicians, engineers, doctors or soldiers, the ANC never runs out of innovative ways to churn money – and likely take a rake-off – through the ailing Cuban economy. SANDF has especially close ties, including the purchase of useless Covid 'cures' in 2020.

#Burma #Myanmar #Rohingya India in SouthAfrica Indian Diplomacy Randhir Jaiswal How #India secretly sent refugees back to the land accused of committing #genocide against them edition.cnn.com/2025/09/13/wor…

#GenderViolence #HumanTrafficking #Racism #UAE #UnitedArabEmirates Boss of degrading sex-trade ring in #Dubai's glamour districts unmasked by BBC "They want somebody who is going to cry and scream and run. And that somebody....should be a black person." bbc.com/news/articles/…

#Johannesburg

#Chess #India

Mr President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦, please tell ANC-led City of Joburg to listen to DA Joburg Caucus pleading..Over 50 factory owners in Selby have been without water for 6 weeks. Nearly 2,000 jobs are now at risk. Joburg economy and livelihoods cannot survive this neglect. Democratic Alliance DA Gauteng

I used to feel sympathy for the way Lee Kuan Yew treated the communists back in the 1960s during Singapore's early days after the British granted independence. Back then, political norms were nascent and the leadership of Singapore was hotly contested. By now it should be

#AirPollution #India #Delhi's toxic air turning iconic #RedFort black "Severe air pollution in ... Delhi has led to the formation of "black crusts" on the walls of the Red Fort, one of the city's most iconic Mughal-era monuments, a study has found." bbc.com/news/articles/…

#SouthAfrica #Education Embarrassing.

Review of Unbroken Chains – a 5,000 year History of African Enslavement: “Timely and courageous” – Helen Zille, chairperson of Democratic Alliance martinplaut.com/2025/09/17/rev…

It has arrived. Well done Kyle Cowan

If you haven't read my book about Antifa yet, now is probably a good time. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-ng…

On May 28, 2021, I ran for my life through the streets of downtown Portland, Ore. Antifa had discovered me working undercover after one of their members, John Hacker, exposed me to the mob. I screamed for help as I fled, but drivers and pedestrians looked away. The businesses

It’s been another week of dry taps, broken promises, and unbearable suffering for the people of Coronationville and surrounding communities. For cancer sufferer Julie Fahmay, the crisis is a matter of life and death. She is desperately waiting to have surgery, but the local