Opinion / Africa

South Africa: A Peaceful Transition?

Type “South Africa peaceful transition” into Google and over a million hits appear. There are references aplenty to statements such as this: South Africa’s peaceful transition to democracy was indeed a miracle that captured the imagination of people all over the world. Wikipedia has been spotted proclaiming that the post-apartheid Government of South Africa have made […]

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The Wheel of History

Having spent most of my working life in or dealing with societies suffering from the consequences of communism, I have tried to work out what it is communists really believe(d) in. Communists’ immediate policy goals are clear enough. To run and above all control everything on exclusively their own terms with […]

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