by Guest Author | May 10, 2026 | Global, Opinion
Every time a new virus appears in the news, people begin to worry that it could become the next COVID-19. Recent reports about hantavirus cases on a cruise ship have caused some concern. However, there is no strong reason to believe that this situation will turn into...
by David Wilkinson | Apr 30, 2026 | Cape Garden Route, Cape Overberg, Cape West Coast, Cape Winelands, Central Karoo, City of Cape Town, Classics
Hundreds of South Africans took to the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest against high levels of illegal immigration, as part of a broader wave of demonstrations sweeping the country. The march was organised by March and March, a movement led by former...
by Angus Douglas | Apr 23, 2026 | Classics, Opinion
In his last film role before dying of a brain haemorrhage, Richard Burton played O’Brien (a sinister agent of the Inner Party) in the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1948). In the Ministry of Love, O’Brien systematically tortures...
by David Wilkinson | Apr 21, 2026 | Classics, Opinion
The Common Sense is an online publication that tries to, among other things, help people make sense of South Africa. However, from what I can make out , their analysis of South Africa misses two important pieces of common sense needed when trying to make sense of...
by Phil Craig | Apr 19, 2026 | Classics, Opinion
“Let the facts speak for themselves” – we all know the saying, but when we are emotionally invested in an outcome other than the one facts are suggesting, it can be very difficult to make peace with what those facts are telling us. South Africa’s largely...
