Jacob Zuma: Be afraid, be VERY afraid

Shielded from accountability, deploying acolytes and benefiting himself, the president has become untouchable CAROL PATON 03 MARCH 2016 Jacob Zuma’s presidency has taken on a particular flavour. Exposés of capricious political interference in important arms…




Corpses pile up in ANC power struggle

BY GARETH VAN ONSELEN, 29 FEBRUARY 2016, 06:09 The last few months have seen the murders of several prominent ANC members in cases that remain unsolved. A common factor is the use of drive-by shootings,…



South Africa in the 19th Century

INTRODUCTION Unlike most of the rest of Africa, South Africa was very sparsely populated at the time when the first Europeans arrived. They came, not to settle, but to resupply their ships on long voyages…


The Boer War Remembered

  By Mark Weber The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 was more than the first major military clash of the 20th century. Pitting as it did the might of the globe-girdling British Empire, backed by international…



The Fallacy of ‘White Privilege’

by DENNIS PRAGER February 16, 2016 12:00 AM @DENNISPRAGER Part II in a series about widely held beliefs that are either untrue or meaningless A pillar of contemporary Leftism is the notion of “white privilege.”…


The Siege of South Africa

INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW   Ivor Benson The main argument which I seek to establish in this paper falls into three parts and can be summarized as follows: The history of South Africa, since shortly…