Monthly: March 2024

Reflections on KwaZulu-Natal

NAIROBE, KENYA
I started writing this column in the air, en route to Nairobi, Kenya. I am in Kenya this week, to promote my book “Lessons from Past Heroes” and meet…

The West must face reality

STANGER, KWAZULU-NATAL

IT was going to happen. The honest, genuine folks, knew very well that Ukraine would not win a war against Russia.

Fareed Zakaria of Cable News Network (CNN) is amongst…

Addressing the less than 1% growth problem

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

THIS week, Statistics South Africa (SA Stats) released the GDP (gross domestic product) numbers for year 2023. I was disappointed, and every concerned citizen should have been disappointed…